diff --git a/src/test/recovery/meson.build b/src/test/recovery/meson.build
index b6ac9dd07a7..6ee9462bef0 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/recovery/meson.build
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ tests += {
       't/058_shutdown_crash_restart.pl',
       't/059_remote_apply_status_interval.pl',
       't/060_multixact_crashed_updater.pl',
+      't/062_skip_fpi.pl',
     ],
   },
 }
diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/062_skip_fpi.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/062_skip_fpi.pl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb2793ea02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/062_skip_fpi.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+
+# Copyright (c) 2026, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+
+# Checks that recovery prefetch skips block references that follow a
+# not-yet-replayed full page image (skip_fpi), and does not skip them once
+# that image has been replayed.
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster;
+use PostgreSQL::Test::Utils;
+use Test::More;
+
+my $primary = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('primary');
+$primary->init(has_archiving => 1, allows_streaming => 1);
+$primary->append_conf('postgresql.conf', "autovacuum = off\n");
+$primary->start;
+
+# recovery_prefetch = on is rejected where read-ahead advice is unavailable.
+my $ret = $primary->psql('postgres', 'ALTER SYSTEM SET recovery_prefetch = on',
+	on_error_stop => 0, stderr => \my $err);
+plan skip_all => 'prefetching is not supported on this platform' if $ret != 0;
+$primary->reload;
+
+# One tuple per page, with room for one more tuple version on the same page.
+my $nrows = 100;
+$primary->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	CREATE TABLE t (id int, v int, pad text) WITH (fillfactor = 50);
+	ALTER TABLE t ALTER COLUMN pad SET STORAGE PLAIN;
+	INSERT INTO t SELECT i, 0, repeat('x', 2700) FROM generate_series(1, $nrows) i;
+	CREATE TABLE u (id int, v int, pad text) WITH (fillfactor = 50);
+	ALTER TABLE u ALTER COLUMN pad SET STORAGE PLAIN;
+	INSERT INTO u SELECT i, 0, repeat('x', 2700) FROM generate_series(1, 4 * $nrows) i;
+	CHECKPOINT;));
+$primary->backup('backup');
+
+# Phase 1: the first change to each page after the backup writes a full page
+# image, and the next change to the same page follows it right away.
+$primary->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	DO \$\$ BEGIN
+	  FOR i IN 1..$nrows LOOP
+	    UPDATE t SET v = v + 1 WHERE id = i;
+	    UPDATE t SET v = v + 1 WHERE id = i;
+	  END LOOP;
+	END \$\$;));
+
+# Phase 2: lots of unrelated WAL, then touch the same pages of t again, while
+# first changes to the pages of u keep new images pending.  The images of t
+# were replayed long ago, so these references must not be skipped.
+$primary->safe_psql(
+	'postgres', qq(
+	CREATE TABLE filler (a int, b text);
+	INSERT INTO filler SELECT i, md5(i::text) FROM generate_series(1, 200000) i;
+	DO \$\$ BEGIN
+	  FOR r IN 0..3 LOOP
+	    FOR i IN 1..$nrows LOOP
+	      UPDATE t SET v = v + 1 WHERE id = i;
+	      UPDATE u SET v = v + 1 WHERE id = r * $nrows + i;
+	    END LOOP;
+	  END LOOP;
+	END \$\$;));
+my $expected = $primary->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT sum(v) FROM t');
+$primary->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT pg_switch_wal()');
+my $walfile = $primary->safe_psql('postgres',
+	'SELECT pg_walfile_name(pg_current_wal_lsn() - 1)');
+$primary->poll_query_until('postgres',
+	"SELECT last_archived_wal >= '$walfile' FROM pg_stat_archiver")
+  or die "timed out waiting for WAL to be archived";
+my $end_lsn = $primary->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT pg_current_wal_lsn()');
+
+my $standby = PostgreSQL::Test::Cluster->new('standby');
+$standby->init_from_backup($primary, 'backup', has_restoring => 1, standby => 1);
+$standby->append_conf('postgresql.conf', qq(
+recovery_prefetch = on
+maintenance_io_concurrency = 32
+shared_buffers = 1MB
+));
+$standby->start;
+$standby->poll_query_until('postgres',
+	"SELECT pg_last_wal_replay_lsn() >= '$end_lsn'")
+  or die "timed out waiting for replay";
+
+is($standby->safe_psql('postgres', 'SELECT sum(v) FROM t'),
+	$expected, 'replayed data matches the primary');
+
+my $skip_fpi = $standby->safe_psql('postgres',
+	'SELECT skip_fpi FROM pg_stat_recovery_prefetch');
+note "skip_fpi = $skip_fpi";
+# Phase 1 gives well under one skipped reference per row.  Phase 2 would add
+# about 4 * $nrows if stale history entries were still honored.
+cmp_ok($skip_fpi, '>=', $nrows / 2, 'references after a pending FPI are skipped');
+cmp_ok($skip_fpi, '<=', $nrows, 'references after a replayed FPI are not skipped');
+
+done_testing();