diff --git a/crates/re_entity_db/tests/clear.rs b/crates/re_entity_db/tests/clear.rs
index 1ea4e5c69dbb..0cc5827c03ff 100644
--- a/crates/re_entity_db/tests/clear.rs
+++ b/crates/re_entity_db/tests/clear.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/10011
 #![cfg(test)]
 
-use re_data_store::{DataStore, LatestAtQuery};
+use re_data_store::{DataStore, DataStoreStats, LatestAtQuery};
 use re_entity_db::EntityDb;
 use re_log_types::{
     example_components::{MyColor, MyIndex, MyPoint},
@@ -367,3 +367,59 @@ fn clears() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// Test for GC behavior following clear. This functionality is expected by blueprints.
+#[test]
+fn clear_and_gc() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    re_log::setup_logging();
+
+    let mut db = EntityDb::new(StoreId::random(re_log_types::StoreKind::Recording));
+
+    let timepoint = TimePoint::default().with(Timeline::new_sequence("blueprint"), 0);
+    let entity_path: EntityPath = "space_view".into();
+
+    // Insert a component, then clear it, then GC.
+    {
+        // EntityTree is Empty when we start
+        assert_eq!(db.tree().num_children_and_fields(), 0);
+
+        let point = MyPoint::new(1.0, 2.0);
+
+        let row = DataRow::from_component_batches(
+            RowId::new(),
+            timepoint.clone(),
+            entity_path.clone(),
+            [&[point] as _],
+        )?;
+
+        db.add_data_row(row)?;
+
+        db.gc_everything_but_the_latest_row();
+
+        let stats = DataStoreStats::from_store(db.store());
+        assert_eq!(stats.temporal.num_rows, 1);
+
+        let clear = DataRow::from_component_batches(
+            RowId::new(),
+            timepoint.clone(),
+            entity_path.clone(),
+            Clear::recursive()
+                .as_component_batches()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|b| b.as_ref()),
+        )?;
+
+        db.add_data_row(clear)?;
+
+        db.gc_everything_but_the_latest_row();
+
+        // No rows should remain because the table should have been purged
+        let stats = DataStoreStats::from_store(db.store());
+        assert_eq!(stats.temporal.num_rows, 0);
+
+        // EntityTree should be empty again when we end since everything was GC'd
+        assert_eq!(db.tree().num_children_and_fields(), 0);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}