diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
index 7e3967dc95..43e471320e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreDecoderTest.cs
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
             CultureInfo.CurrentCulture = originalCulture;
         }
 
-        private class TestLegacyScoreDecoder : LegacyScoreDecoder
+        public class TestLegacyScoreDecoder : LegacyScoreDecoder
         {
             private readonly int beatmapVersion;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreEncoderTest.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreEncoderTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0a7285f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Beatmaps/Formats/LegacyScoreEncoderTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using osu.Game.Beatmaps.Formats;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch;
+using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
+using osu.Game.Scoring;
+using osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy;
+using osu.Game.Tests.Resources;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Tests.Beatmaps.Formats
+{
+    public class LegacyScoreEncoderTest
+    {
+        [TestCase(1, 3)]
+        [TestCase(1, 0)]
+        [TestCase(0, 3)]
+        public void CatchMergesFruitAndDropletMisses(int missCount, int largeTickMissCount)
+        {
+            var ruleset = new CatchRuleset().RulesetInfo;
+
+            var scoreInfo = TestResources.CreateTestScoreInfo(ruleset);
+            var beatmap = new TestBeatmap(ruleset);
+            scoreInfo.Statistics = new Dictionary<HitResult, int>
+            {
+                [HitResult.Great] = 50,
+                [HitResult.LargeTickHit] = 5,
+                [HitResult.Miss] = missCount,
+                [HitResult.LargeTickMiss] = largeTickMissCount
+            };
+            var score = new Score { ScoreInfo = scoreInfo };
+
+            var decodedAfterEncode = encodeThenDecode(LegacyBeatmapDecoder.LATEST_VERSION, score, beatmap);
+
+            Assert.That(decodedAfterEncode.ScoreInfo.GetCountMiss(), Is.EqualTo(missCount + largeTickMissCount));
+        }
+
+        private static Score encodeThenDecode(int beatmapVersion, Score score, TestBeatmap beatmap)
+        {
+            var encodeStream = new MemoryStream();
+
+            var encoder = new LegacyScoreEncoder(score, beatmap);
+            encoder.Encode(encodeStream);
+
+            var decodeStream = new MemoryStream(encodeStream.GetBuffer());
+
+            var decoder = new LegacyScoreDecoderTest.TestLegacyScoreDecoder(beatmapVersion);
+            var decodedAfterEncode = decoder.Parse(decodeStream);
+            return decodedAfterEncode;
+        }
+    }
+}