diff --git a/data/_main.cfg b/data/_main.cfg
index 18b32d88cff..b31c72de616 100644
--- a/data/_main.cfg
+++ b/data/_main.cfg
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 {scenario-test.cfg}
 {scenario-leaders.cfg}
 {scenario-movethrough.cfg}
+{scenario-story.cfg}
 {ai/scenarios/}
 {ai/micro_ais/scenarios/}
 #define DONT_RELOAD_CORE
diff --git a/data/scenario-story.cfg b/data/scenario-story.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fefcf3fe590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/scenario-story.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+[test]
+    id=story
+    [story]
+        [part]
+            music=elvish-theme.ogg
+            background=story/grim-altar.jpg
+            story= "SCALED"
+        [/part]
+        [part]
+            music=elvish-theme.ogg
+            [background_layer]
+                image=story/grim-altar.jpg
+                scale_vertically=no
+                scale_horizontally=no
+                tile_vertically=yes
+                tile_horizontally=yes
+            [/background_layer]
+            story= "TILED"
+        [/part]
+    [/story]
+    map_data="Mm, Mm, Mm
+Mm, 1 Mm, Mm
+Mm, Mm, Mm"
+    [side]
+        side=1
+        recruit=alpha,beta
+        type=alpha
+        map_data="Mm, Mm, Mm
+Mm, Mm, Mm
+Mm, Mm, Mm"
+        [ai]
+            recruitment_pattern=A,C
+        [/ai]
+    [/side]
+[/test]