diff --git a/src/libstore/nar-info-disk-cache.cc b/src/libstore/nar-info-disk-cache.cc
index c460100de..494318af9 100644
--- a/src/libstore/nar-info-disk-cache.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/nar-info-disk-cache.cc
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ public:
             if (!cache)
                 return std::nullopt;
             return CacheInfo {
+                .id = cache->id,
                 .wantMassQuery = cache->wantMassQuery,
                 .priority = cache->priority
             };
@@ -370,4 +371,9 @@ ref<NarInfoDiskCache> getNarInfoDiskCache()
     return cache;
 }
 
+ref<NarInfoDiskCache> getTestNarInfoDiskCache(Path dbPath)
+{
+    return make_ref<NarInfoDiskCacheImpl>(dbPath);
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/nar-info-disk-cache.hh b/src/libstore/nar-info-disk-cache.hh
index c185ca5e4..adc14f3bc 100644
--- a/src/libstore/nar-info-disk-cache.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/nar-info-disk-cache.hh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public:
 
     struct CacheInfo
     {
+        int id;
         bool wantMassQuery;
         int priority;
     };
@@ -45,4 +46,6 @@ public:
    multiple threads. */
 ref<NarInfoDiskCache> getNarInfoDiskCache();
 
+ref<NarInfoDiskCache> getTestNarInfoDiskCache(Path dbPath);
+
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/tests/nar-info-disk-cache.cc b/src/libstore/tests/nar-info-disk-cache.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e9cbaa78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libstore/tests/nar-info-disk-cache.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+#include "nar-info-disk-cache.hh"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <rapidcheck/gtest.h>
+#include "sqlite.hh"
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+
+
+namespace nix {
+
+RC_GTEST_PROP(
+    NarInfoDiskCacheImpl,
+    create_and_read,
+    (int prio, bool wantMassQuery)
+    )
+{
+    Path tmpDir = createTempDir();
+    AutoDelete delTmpDir(tmpDir);
+    Path dbPath(tmpDir + "/test-narinfo-disk-cache.sqlite");
+    auto cache = getTestNarInfoDiskCache(dbPath);
+
+    cache->createCache("other://uri", "/nix/storedir", wantMassQuery, prio);
+    cache->createCache("other://uri-2", "/nix/storedir", wantMassQuery, prio);
+
+    cache->createCache("the://uri", "/nix/storedir", wantMassQuery, prio);
+
+    {
+        auto r = cache->upToDateCacheExists("the://uri");
+        ASSERT_TRUE(r);
+        ASSERT_EQ(r->priority, prio);
+        ASSERT_EQ(r->wantMassQuery, wantMassQuery);
+    }
+
+    SQLite db(dbPath);
+    SQLiteStmt getIds;
+    getIds.create(db, "SELECT id FROM BinaryCaches WHERE url = 'the://uri'");
+
+    int savedId;
+    {
+        auto q(getIds.use());
+        ASSERT_TRUE(q.next());
+        savedId = q.getInt(0);
+        ASSERT_FALSE(q.next());
+    }
+
+
+    db.exec("UPDATE BinaryCaches SET timestamp = timestamp - 1 - 7 * 24 * 3600;");
+
+    // Relies on memory cache
+    {
+        auto r = cache->upToDateCacheExists("the://uri");
+        ASSERT_TRUE(r);
+        ASSERT_EQ(r->priority, prio);
+        ASSERT_EQ(r->wantMassQuery, wantMassQuery);
+    }
+
+    auto cache2 = getTestNarInfoDiskCache(dbPath);
+
+    {
+        auto r = cache2->upToDateCacheExists("the://uri");
+        ASSERT_FALSE(r);
+    }
+
+    cache2->createCache("the://uri", "/nix/storedir", wantMassQuery, prio);
+
+    {
+        auto r = cache->upToDateCacheExists("the://uri");
+        ASSERT_TRUE(r);
+        ASSERT_EQ(r->priority, prio);
+        ASSERT_EQ(r->wantMassQuery, wantMassQuery);
+        // FIXME, reproduces #3898
+        // ASSERT_EQ(r->id, savedId);
+        (void) savedId;
+    }
+
+    {
+        auto q(getIds.use());
+        ASSERT_TRUE(q.next());
+        auto currentId = q.getInt(0);
+        ASSERT_FALSE(q.next());
+        // FIXME, reproduces #3898
+        // ASSERT_EQ(currentId, savedId);
+        (void) currentId;
+    }
+}
+
+}