diff --git a/broker/src/test/java/io/moquette/broker/unsafequeues/QueueTest.java b/broker/src/test/java/io/moquette/broker/unsafequeues/QueueTest.java
index fd9eeeb3b..98b52fd50 100644
--- a/broker/src/test/java/io/moquette/broker/unsafequeues/QueueTest.java
+++ b/broker/src/test/java/io/moquette/broker/unsafequeues/QueueTest.java
@@ -562,6 +562,57 @@ public void reopenQueueWithFragmentation() throws QueueException, IOException {
         assertEquals("(0, 0), (0, 4194304)", segmentRefs);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testPageFileReuse() throws QueueException, IOException {
+        // Use smaller segmants and pages for quicker testing.
+        final int kb = 1024;
+        // Pages with only 4 segments, for quicker testing
+        final int queuePageSize = 16 * kb;
+        final int queueSegmentSize = 4 * kb;
+        // write 2 segments, consume one segment, next segment allocated should be one just freed.0
+        QueuePool queuePool = QueuePool.loadQueues(tempQueueFolder, queuePageSize, queueSegmentSize);
+        Queue queue1 = queuePool.getOrCreate("test_external_fragmentation");
+
+        byte[] bytes = new byte[]{'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n'};
+
+        // fill seven segments (almost the full 8 we have)
+        // This should force two files to open.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
+            queue1.enqueue(ByteBuffer.wrap(generatePayload(queueSegmentSize / 2 - LENGTH_HEADER_SIZE, bytes[i * 2])));
+            queue1.enqueue(ByteBuffer.wrap(generatePayload(queueSegmentSize / 2 - LENGTH_HEADER_SIZE, bytes[i * 2 + 1])));
+        }
+
+        // Create a new queue
+        final Queue queue2 = queuePool.getOrCreate("test_external_fragmentation2");
+
+        // Write one segment (filling the second page)
+        queue2.enqueue(ByteBuffer.wrap(generatePayload(queueSegmentSize / 2 - LENGTH_HEADER_SIZE, bytes[0])));
+        queue2.enqueue(ByteBuffer.wrap(generatePayload(queueSegmentSize / 2 - LENGTH_HEADER_SIZE, bytes[1])));
+
+        // Release the first queue
+        queue1.force();
+        queue1.close();
+
+        // Fill another six segments.
+        // This should not open more files.
+        for (int i = 1; i < 7; i++) {
+            queue2.enqueue(ByteBuffer.wrap(generatePayload(queueSegmentSize / 2 - LENGTH_HEADER_SIZE, bytes[i * 2])));
+            queue2.enqueue(ByteBuffer.wrap(generatePayload(queueSegmentSize / 2 - LENGTH_HEADER_SIZE, bytes[i * 2 + 1])));
+        }
+
+        queue2.force();
+        queuePool.close();
+
+        // Verify
+        // checkpoint contains che correct order, (0,0), (0, 4194304)
+        Properties checkpointProps3 = loadCheckpointFile(tempQueueFolder);
+
+        // We should now have segments 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 8
+        // or, 2.2, 2.1, 1.4, 1.3, 1.2, 1.1, 2.4
+        final String segmentRefs = checkpointProps3.getProperty("queues.0.segments");
+        assertEquals("(1, 4096), (1, 0), (0, 12288), (0, 8192), (0, 4096), (0, 0), (1, 12288)", segmentRefs);
+    }
+
     private Properties loadCheckpointFile(Path dir) throws IOException {
         final Path checkpointPath = dir.resolve("checkpoint.properties");
         final FileReader fileReader = new FileReader(checkpointPath.toFile());