diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/statements/insert_internal.ts b/packages/runtime/src/statements/insert_internal.ts
index 3ecf303fa..50d47ad67 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/statements/insert_internal.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/statements/insert_internal.ts
@@ -114,6 +114,19 @@ export function insertInternal(options: IInsertInternalOptions): void {
       }
     }
   } else if (options.initial === true) {
+    if (options.table instanceof HashedTable) {
+      const {value: val, subrc: subrc} = options.table.insert(options.table.getRowType());
+      if (subrc === 0) {
+        if (options.assigning) {
+          options.assigning.assign(val);
+        }
+        if (options.referenceInto) {
+          options.referenceInto.assign(val);
+        }
+      }
+      abap.builtin.sy.get().subrc.set(subrc);
+      return;
+    }
     let index = options.table.getArrayLength();
     if (options.index) {
       index = options.index.get() - 1;
diff --git a/test/statements/insert.ts b/test/statements/insert.ts
index 4473853a6..e32e0a35c 100644
--- a/test/statements/insert.ts
+++ b/test/statements/insert.ts
@@ -339,4 +339,24 @@ WRITE / sy-subrc.`;
     expect(abap.console.get()).to.equal("0");
   });
 
+  it("INSERT INITIAL LINE INTO hashed table", async () => {
+    const code = `
+TYPES: BEGIN OF ty,
+         field1 TYPE c LENGTH 10,
+         field2 TYPE c LENGTH 10,
+       END OF ty.
+TYPES ty2 TYPE HASHED TABLE OF ty WITH UNIQUE KEY field1.
+DATA tab2 TYPE ty2.
+INSERT INITIAL LINE INTO TABLE tab2.
+WRITE / sy-subrc.
+WRITE / lines( tab2 ).
+INSERT INITIAL LINE INTO TABLE tab2.
+WRITE / sy-subrc.
+WRITE / lines( tab2 ).`;
+    const js = await run(code);
+    const f = new AsyncFunction("abap", js);
+    await f(abap);
+    expect(abap.console.get()).to.equal("0\n1\n4\n1");
+  });
+
 });
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