diff --git a/dom/ipc/tests/browser.ini b/dom/ipc/tests/browser.ini
index 389852616c93..d5e173b2c2ac 100644
--- a/dom/ipc/tests/browser.ini
+++ b/dom/ipc/tests/browser.ini
@@ -32,3 +32,5 @@ support-files = file_dummy.html
 skip-if = !e10s
 [browser_bug1686194.js]
 support-files = file_dummy.html
+[browser_gc_schedule.js]
+
diff --git a/dom/ipc/tests/browser_gc_schedule.js b/dom/ipc/tests/browser_gc_schedule.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b42239c54687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dom/ipc/tests/browser_gc_schedule.js
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+"use strict";
+
+const TEST_PAGE =
+  "http://mochi.test:8888/browser/dom/ipc/tests/file_dummy.html";
+
+async function waitForGCBegin() {
+  var waitTopic = "garbage-collector-begin";
+  var observer = {};
+
+  info("Waiting for " + waitTopic);
+  // This fixes a ReferenceError for Date, it's weird.
+  ok(Date.now(), "Date.now()");
+  var when = await new Promise(resolve => {
+    observer.observe = function(subject, topic, data) {
+      resolve(Date.now());
+    };
+
+    Services.obs.addObserver(observer, waitTopic);
+  });
+
+  Services.obs.removeObserver(observer, waitTopic);
+
+  // This delay attempts to make the time stamps unique.
+  do {
+    var now = Date.now();
+  } while (when + 5 > now);
+
+  return when;
+}
+
+async function waitForGCEnd() {
+  var waitTopic = "garbage-collector-end";
+  var observer = {};
+
+  info("Waiting for " + waitTopic);
+  // This fixes a ReferenceError for Date, it's weird.
+  ok(Date.now(), "Date.now()");
+  let when = await new Promise(resolve => {
+    observer.observe = function(subject, topic, data) {
+      resolve(Date.now());
+    };
+
+    Services.obs.addObserver(observer, waitTopic);
+  });
+
+  Services.obs.removeObserver(observer, waitTopic);
+
+  do {
+    var now = Date.now();
+  } while (when + 5 > now);
+
+  return when;
+}
+
+function getProcessID() {
+  const { Services } = ChromeUtils.import(
+    "resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm"
+  );
+
+  return Services.appinfo.processID;
+}
+
+async function resolveInOrder(promisesAndStates) {
+  var order = [];
+  var promises = [];
+
+  for (let p of promisesAndStates) {
+    promises.push(
+      p.promise.then(when => {
+        info(`Tab: ${p.tab} did ${p.state}`);
+        order.push({ tab: p.tab, state: p.state, when });
+      })
+    );
+  }
+
+  await Promise.all(promises);
+
+  return order;
+}
+
+// Check that the list of events returned by resolveInOrder are in a
+// sensible order.
+function checkOneAtATime(events, expectTabsCompleted) {
+  var cur = null;
+  var tabsCompleted = [];
+  var lastWhen = null;
+
+  info("Checking order of events");
+  for (const e of events) {
+    ok(e.state === "begin" || e.state === "end", "event.state is good");
+    ok(e.tab !== undefined, "event.tab exists");
+
+    if (lastWhen) {
+      // We need these in sorted order so that the other checks here make
+      // sense.
+      ok(
+        lastWhen <= e.when,
+        `Unsorted events, last: ${lastWhen}, this: ${e.when}`
+      );
+    }
+    lastWhen = e.when;
+
+    if (e.state === "begin") {
+      is(cur, null, `GC can begin on tab ${e.tab}`);
+      cur = e.tab;
+    } else {
+      is(e.tab, cur, `GC can end on tab ${e.tab}`);
+      tabsCompleted.push(e.tab);
+      cur = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  is(cur, null, "No GC left running");
+  for (var t of expectTabsCompleted) {
+    ok(tabsCompleted.includes(t), `Tab ${t} did a GC`);
+  }
+}
+
+add_task(async function gcOneAtATime() {
+  SpecialPowers.pushPrefEnv({
+    set: [["javascript.options.concurrent_multiprocess_gcs.max", 1]],
+  });
+
+  const num_tabs = 12;
+  var tabs = [];
+  var pids = [];
+
+  const parent_pid = getProcessID();
+  info("Parent process PID is " + parent_pid);
+
+  for (var i = 0; i < num_tabs; i++) {
+    var newTabPromise = BrowserTestUtils.waitForNewTab(gBrowser, null, true);
+    const tab = await BrowserTestUtils.openNewForegroundTab({
+      gBrowser,
+      opening: TEST_PAGE,
+      forceNewProcess: true,
+    });
+    // Make sure the tab is ready
+    await newTabPromise;
+
+    tabs[i] = tab;
+
+    const tab_pid = await SpecialPowers.spawn(
+      tab.linkedBrowser,
+      [],
+      getProcessID
+    );
+
+    info(`Tab ${i} pid is ${tab_pid}`);
+    isnot(parent_pid, tab_pid, `Tab ${i} is in content process`);
+    ok(!pids.includes(tab_pid), `Tab ${i} is in a distinct process`);
+
+    pids.push(tab_pid);
+  }
+
+  info("Tabs ready, Asking for GCs");
+  var waits = [];
+  for (i = 0; i < num_tabs; i++) {
+    var browser = tabs[i].linkedBrowser;
+
+    // Finish any currently running GC.
+    SpecialPowers.spawn(browser, [], () => {
+      SpecialPowers.Cu.getJSTestingFunctions().finishgc();
+    });
+
+    var waitBegin = SpecialPowers.spawn(browser, [], waitForGCBegin);
+    var waitEnd = SpecialPowers.spawn(browser, [], waitForGCEnd);
+    waits.push({ promise: waitBegin, tab: i, state: "begin" });
+    waits.push({ promise: waitEnd, tab: i, state: "end" });
+
+    SpecialPowers.spawn(browser, [], () => {
+      content.windowUtils.pokeGC();
+      content.windowUtils.runNextCollectorTimer();
+    });
+  }
+
+  let order = await resolveInOrder(waits);
+  // We need these in the order they actually occurred, so far that's how
+  // they're returned, but we'll sort them to be sure.
+  order.sort((e1, e2) => e1.when - e2.when);
+  checkOneAtATime(
+    order,
+    Array.from({ length: num_tabs }, (_, n) => n)
+  );
+
+  for (var tab of tabs) {
+    BrowserTestUtils.removeTab(tab);
+  }
+
+  SpecialPowers.popPrefEnv();
+});