diff --git a/test/server/admin/BUILD b/test/server/admin/BUILD
index 8c1a28f7d2ee..950a66bc4c3f 100644
--- a/test/server/admin/BUILD
+++ b/test/server/admin/BUILD
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ envoy_cc_test(
     name = "prometheus_stats_test",
     srcs = envoy_select_admin_functionality(["prometheus_stats_test.cc"]),
     deps = [
+        "//source/common/stats:tag_producer_lib",
+        "//source/common/stats:thread_local_store_lib",
         "//source/server/admin:prometheus_stats_lib",
         "//test/test_common:utility_lib",
     ],
diff --git a/test/server/admin/prometheus_stats_test.cc b/test/server/admin/prometheus_stats_test.cc
index c27af6121130..dcf9ab510bd2 100644
--- a/test/server/admin/prometheus_stats_test.cc
+++ b/test/server/admin/prometheus_stats_test.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "source/common/stats/custom_stat_namespaces_impl.h"
+#include "source/common/stats/tag_producer_impl.h"
+#include "source/common/stats/thread_local_store.h"
 #include "source/server/admin/prometheus_stats.h"
 
 #include "test/mocks/stats/mocks.h"
@@ -261,6 +263,51 @@ envoy_histogram1_count{} 0
   EXPECT_EQ(expected_output, response.toString());
 }
 
+// Replicate bug https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/issues/27173 which fails to
+// coalesce stats in different scopes with the same tag-extracted-name.
+TEST_F(PrometheusStatsFormatterTest, DifferentNamedScopeSameStat) {
+  Stats::CustomStatNamespacesImpl custom_namespaces;
+  Stats::ThreadLocalStoreImpl store(alloc_);
+  envoy::config::metrics::v3::StatsConfig stats_config;
+  store.setTagProducer(std::make_unique<Stats::TagProducerImpl>(stats_config));
+  Stats::StatName name = pool_.add("default.total_match_count");
+
+  Stats::ScopeSharedPtr scope1 = store.rootScope()->createScope("cluster.a");
+  counters_.push_back(Stats::CounterSharedPtr(&scope1->counterFromStatName(name)));
+
+  // To reproduce the problem from we will render
+  // cluster.a.default.total_match_count before we discover the existence of
+  // cluster.x.default.total_match_count. That will happen because "d" in
+  // "default" comes before "x" with
+  // https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/pull/24998
+  Stats::ScopeSharedPtr scope2 = store.rootScope()->createScope("cluster.x");
+  counters_.push_back(Stats::CounterSharedPtr(&scope2->counterFromStatName(name)));
+
+  constexpr absl::string_view expected_output =
+      R"EOF(# TYPE envoy_cluster_default_total_match_count counter
+envoy_cluster_default_total_match_count{envoy_cluster_name="a"} 0
+envoy_cluster_default_total_match_count{envoy_cluster_name="x"} 0
+)EOF";
+
+  // Note: in the version of prometheus_stats_test.cc that works with the
+  // streaming GroupedStatsRequest, the test code is slightly different;
+  // it's based on the local 'store' object rather than being based on
+  // the counters_ member variable.
+  //    StatsParams params;
+  //    params.type_ = StatsType::Counters;
+  //    params.format_ = StatsFormat::Prometheus;
+  //    auto request = std::make_unique<GroupedStatsRequest>(store, params, custom_namespaces_);
+  //    EXPECT_EQ(expected_output, response(*request));
+  // This code is left here so that we can verify the bug is fixed if we decide to
+  // re-try the streaming Prometheus implementation.
+
+  Buffer::OwnedImpl response;
+  const uint64_t size = PrometheusStatsFormatter::statsAsPrometheus(
+      counters_, gauges_, histograms_, textReadouts_, response, StatsParams(), custom_namespaces);
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, size);
+  EXPECT_EQ(expected_output, response.toString());
+}
+
 TEST_F(PrometheusStatsFormatterTest, HistogramWithNonDefaultBuckets) {
   Stats::CustomStatNamespacesImpl custom_namespaces;
   HistogramWrapper h1_cumulative;