diff --git a/tests/regression/03-practical/31-thread-alive-counter.c b/tests/regression/03-practical/31-thread-alive-counter-inner.c
similarity index 96%
rename from tests/regression/03-practical/31-thread-alive-counter.c
rename to tests/regression/03-practical/31-thread-alive-counter-inner.c
index 6537ec2856..43002ee19a 100644
--- a/tests/regression/03-practical/31-thread-alive-counter.c
+++ b/tests/regression/03-practical/31-thread-alive-counter-inner.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Thread pool joining via threads alive counter.
+// Thread pool joining via threads alive counter incremented inside of thread.
 // Extracted from concrat/C-Thread-Pool.
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
diff --git a/tests/regression/03-practical/34-thread-alive-counter-outer.c b/tests/regression/03-practical/34-thread-alive-counter-outer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7208a3c09d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/regression/03-practical/34-thread-alive-counter-outer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Thread pool joining via threads alive counter incremented outside of thread.
+// Extracted from concrat/nnn.
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <goblint.h>
+extern int __VERIFIER_nondet_int();
+
+int threads_alive = 0;
+pthread_mutex_t threads_alive_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
+int data = 0;
+pthread_mutex_t data_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
+void *thread(void *arg) {
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&data_mutex);
+  data = __VERIFIER_nondet_int(); // NORACE
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&data_mutex);
+
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&threads_alive_mutex);
+  threads_alive--; // NORACE
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&threads_alive_mutex);
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+int main() {
+  int threads_total = __VERIFIER_nondet_int();
+  __goblint_assume(threads_total >= 0);
+
+  // create threads
+  for (int i = 0; i < threads_total; i++) {
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&threads_alive_mutex);
+    threads_alive++; // NORACE
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&threads_alive_mutex);
+
+    pthread_t tid;
+    pthread_create(&tid, NULL, &thread, NULL); // may fail but doesn't matter
+    pthread_detach(tid);
+  }
+
+  // wait for all threads to stop
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&threads_alive_mutex);
+  while (threads_alive) { // NORACE
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&threads_alive_mutex);
+    // busy loop for simplicity
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&threads_alive_mutex);
+  }
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&threads_alive_mutex);
+
+  return data; // NORACE (all threads stopped)
+}