diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/lua_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/lua_test.go
index 899e6657..90dc4a19 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/lua_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/lua_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,48 @@ var luaScenarios = []formatScenario{
 		expected:     "return {[\"hello\"]=\"world\";[{[\"look\"]=\"non-string keys\";}]=true;[\"numbers\"]={123,456,};};\n",
 		scenarioType: "encode",
 	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		description:  "Sequence",
+		input:        "- a\n- b\n- c\n",
+		expected:     "return {\"a\",\"b\",\"c\",};\n",
+		scenarioType: "encode",
+	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		description:  "Mapping",
+		input:        "a: b\nc:\n  d: e\nf: 0\n",
+		expected:     "return {[\"a\"]=\"b\";[\"c\"]={[\"d\"]=\"e\";};[\"f\"]=0;};\n",
+		scenarioType: "encode",
+	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		description:  "Scalar str",
+		input:        "str: |\n  foo\n  bar\n",
+		expected:     "return {[\"str\"]=\"foo\\nbar\\n\";};\n",
+		scenarioType: "encode",
+	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		description:  "Scalar null",
+		input:        "x: null\n",
+		expected:     "return {[\"x\"]=nil;};\n",
+		scenarioType: "encode",
+	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		description:  "Scalar int",
+		input:        "- 1\n- 2\n- 0x10\n- -999\n",
+		expected:     "return {1,2,0x10,-999,};\n",
+		scenarioType: "encode",
+	},
+	{
+		skipDoc:      true,
+		description:  "Scalar float",
+		input:        "- 1.0\n- 3.14\n- 1e100\n- .Inf\n- .NAN\n",
+		expected:     "return {1.0,3.14,1e100,(1/0),(0/0),};\n",
+		scenarioType: "encode",
+	},
 }
 
 func testLuaScenario(t *testing.T, s formatScenario) {