diff --git a/regress/set-hook-R.sh b/regress/set-hook-R.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+PATH=/bin:/usr/bin
+TERM=screen
+LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+LANG=C.UTF-8
+export TERM LC_ALL LANG
+
+[ -z "$TEST_TMUX" ] && TEST_TMUX=$(readlink -f ../tmux)
+OUT=$(mktemp -d)
+TMUX_TMPDIR="$OUT"
+export TMUX_TMPDIR
+TMUX="$TEST_TMUX -Ltest-hook-R-$$ -f/dev/null"
+
+fail()
+{
+	echo "$*" >&2
+	$TMUX kill-server 2>/dev/null || true
+	rm -rf "$OUT"
+	exit 1
+}
+
+cleanup()
+{
+	$TMUX kill-server 2>/dev/null || true
+	rm -rf "$OUT"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+wait_for()
+{
+	option=$1
+	expected=$2
+	i=0
+
+	while [ $i -lt 30 ]; do
+		value=$($TMUX show -gqv "$option" 2>/dev/null || true)
+		[ "$value" = "$expected" ] && return 0
+		i=$((i + 1))
+		sleep 0.2
+	done
+	fail "expected $option to be '$expected' but got '$value'"
+}
+
+$TMUX new -d -s one || fail "new-session one failed"
+$TMUX new -d -s two || fail "new-session two failed"
+
+pane=$($TMUX display -pt two:0.0 '#{pane_id}') ||
+	fail "display-message pane failed"
+
+$TMUX set -g @seen 0 || fail "set @seen failed"
+$TMUX set-hook -g @manual \
+	'set -gF @seen "#{hook}:#{session_name}:#{window_index}:#{pane_id}"' ||
+	fail "set-hook @manual failed"
+
+[ "$($TMUX show -gqv @seen)" = 0 ] ||
+	fail "hook ran before set-hook -R"
+
+$TMUX set-hook -g -R -t two:0.0 @manual ||
+	fail "set-hook -R @manual failed"
+wait_for @seen "@manual:two:0:$pane"
+
+exit 0