diff --git a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PredicateTests.java b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PredicateTests.java
index dc2206ac27..0d9374c949 100644
--- a/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PredicateTests.java
+++ b/jOOQ-test/src/org/jooq/test/_/testcases/PredicateTests.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.ASE;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.DB2;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.DERBY;
 import static org.jooq.SQLDialect.MYSQL;
+import static org.jooq.conf.StatementType.STATIC_STATEMENT;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.castNull;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.concat;
 import static org.jooq.impl.Factory.count;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ import org.jooq.Result;
 import org.jooq.SQLDialect;
 import org.jooq.TableRecord;
 import org.jooq.UpdatableRecord;
+import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
 import org.jooq.test.BaseTest;
 import org.jooq.test.jOOQAbstractTest;
 
@@ -321,6 +323,14 @@ extends BaseTest<A, AP, B, S, B2S, BS, L, X, DATE, BOOL, D, T, U, I, IPK, T658,
                     .where(TBook_ID().notIn(Collections.nCopies(1950, 1)))
                     .fetchOne(count));
 
+                // [#1520] Any database should be able to handle lots of inlined
+                // variables, including SQL Server and Sybase ASE
+                assertEquals(3, (int) create(new Settings().withStatementType(STATIC_STATEMENT))
+                    .select(count)
+                    .from(TBook())
+                    .where(TBook_ID().notIn(Collections.nCopies(3000, 1)))
+                    .fetchOne(count));
+
                 // [#1515] Check correct splitting of NOT IN
                 List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
                 list.addAll(Collections.nCopies(1000, 1));