diff --git a/lib/client/browser.js b/lib/client/browser.js
index bc8540d9..dc6d90f0 100644
--- a/lib/client/browser.js
+++ b/lib/client/browser.js
@@ -218,6 +218,30 @@ require("./discovery.js");
 					QUnit.testStart(function(test) {
 						timer = new Date().getTime();
 						testResult = {success: true, errors: []};
+
+						// Prevent false-positives when the "noglobals" config is enabled.
+						// Code instrumented by istanbul introduces global variables
+						// (cov_* for each file and a global __coverage__ variable).
+						// Adding them to the already collected "pollution" list prevents issues
+						// when the original "after" hook compares the list with the current state.
+						const config = QUnit.config;
+						if (!config.noglobals) {
+							return;
+						}
+						const currentTest = config.current;
+						const originalAfter = currentTest.after;
+						currentTest.after = function(...args) {
+							for (const key in testWindow.contentWindow) {
+								if (
+									Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(testWindow.contentWindow, key) &&
+									(key.indexOf("cov_") === 0 || key === "__coverage__") &&
+									config.pollution.indexOf(key) === -1
+								) {
+									config.pollution.push(key);
+								}
+							}
+							return originalAfter.apply(currentTest, args);
+						};
 					});
 
 					QUnit.log(function(details) {
diff --git a/test/integration/application-proxy/webapp/test/test.qunit.js b/test/integration/application-proxy/webapp/test/test.qunit.js
index 64b61da5..fb3d5ecb 100644
--- a/test/integration/application-proxy/webapp/test/test.qunit.js
+++ b/test/integration/application-proxy/webapp/test/test.qunit.js
@@ -5,11 +5,24 @@ QUnit.config.autostart = false;
 sap.ui.getCore().attachInit(function() {
 	"use strict";
 
-	sap.ui.require(["test/app/foo"], function() {
-		QUnit.test("Karma", function(assert) {
-			assert.ok(parent.__karma__.files["/base/webapp/.dotfile"], "Karma files should contain dotfiles");
-		});
-
-		QUnit.start();
+	QUnit.test("Karma", function(assert) {
+		assert.ok(parent.__karma__.files["/base/webapp/.dotfile"], "Karma files should contain dotfiles");
 	});
+
+	QUnit.test(
+		"Loading files during a test should not result into 'Introduced global variable(s)' issues " +
+		"when QUnit.config.noglobals is active",
+		function(assert) {
+			const done = assert.async();
+			sap.ui.require(["test/app/foo"], function() {
+				assert.ok(true, "test/app/foo has been loaded");
+				done();
+			}, function(err) {
+				assert.ok(false, "Failed to load test/app/foo: " + err);
+			});
+		}
+	);
+	QUnit.config.noglobals = true;
+
+	QUnit.start();
 });