diff --git a/sc/Module_sc.mk b/sc/Module_sc.mk
index 1e79930f178b..6f2a8fb56d02 100644
--- a/sc/Module_sc.mk
+++ b/sc/Module_sc.mk
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Module_add_uicheck_targets,sc,\
 	UITest_goalSeek \
 	UITest_protect \
 	UITest_sc_options \
+	UITest_sc_vba \
 	UITest_validity \
 	UITest_key_f4 \
 	UITest_textCase \
diff --git a/sc/UITest_sc_vba.mk b/sc/UITest_sc_vba.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..392f0f113145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sc/UITest_sc_vba.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- Mode: makefile-gmake; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; fill-column: 100 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+#
+
+$(eval $(call gb_UITest_UITest,sc_vba))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_UITest_add_modules,sc_vba,$(SRCDIR)/sc/qa/uitest,\
+	vba/ \
+))
+
+$(eval $(call gb_UITest_set_defs,sc_vba, \
+    TDOC="$(SRCDIR)/sc/qa/uitest/data" \
+))
+
+# vim: set noet sw=4 ts=4:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sc/qa/uitest/data/tdf169110.ods b/sc/qa/uitest/data/tdf169110.ods
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bb158058554f
Binary files /dev/null and b/sc/qa/uitest/data/tdf169110.ods differ
diff --git a/sc/qa/uitest/vba/tdf169110.py b/sc/qa/uitest/vba/tdf169110.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f79c7379e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sc/qa/uitest/vba/tdf169110.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; py-indent-offset: 4 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+#
+# 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/.
+#
+
+from uitest.framework import UITestCase
+from com.sun.star.uno import Exception as UnoException
+from uitest.uihelper.common import get_url_for_data_file
+
+class TDF169110(UITestCase):
+
+    def test_vba_cutcopymode_corruption_with_ide(self):
+        # This test reproduces a regression where opening the Basic IDE
+        # triggered full VBA initialization during code indexing,
+        # corrupting the runtime state (CutCopyMode) of active scripts.
+
+        with self.ui_test.load_file(get_url_for_data_file("tdf169110.ods")) as document:
+            self.xUITest.executeCommand(".uno:BasicIDEAppear")
+
+            xScriptProvider = document.getScriptProvider()
+            sScriptURL = (
+                "vnd.sun.star.script:"
+                "VBAProject.Module1.countifs_benchmark"
+                "?language=Basic&location=document"
+            )
+            xScript = xScriptProvider.getScript(sScriptURL)
+
+            try:
+                xScript.invoke((), (), ())
+            except UnoException as e:
+                self.fail(
+                    "Regression tdf#169110 reproduced: macro failed after "
+                    f"Basic IDE/Object Browser activation: {e}"
+                )
+
+# vim: set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: