diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/GlobalObject.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/GlobalObject.cpp
index 952858077e..bcd06266dd 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/GlobalObject.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Runtime/GlobalObject.cpp
@@ -325,8 +325,10 @@ JS_DEFINE_NATIVE_FUNCTION(GlobalObject::eval)
     auto& caller_frame = vm.call_stack().at(vm.call_stack().size() - 2);
     TemporaryChange scope_change(vm.call_frame().scope, caller_frame->scope);
 
-    // FIXME: eval() should return the result of the executed code. This currently does not work.
-    return vm.interpreter().execute_statement(global_object, program);
+    vm.interpreter().execute_statement(global_object, program);
+    if (vm.exception())
+        return {};
+    return vm.last_value();
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/eval-basic.js b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/eval-basic.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..955e86dc22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibJS/Tests/eval-basic.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+test("basic eval() functionality", () => {
+    expect(eval("1 + 2")).toBe(3);
+
+    function foo(a) {
+        var x = 5;
+        eval("x += a");
+        return x;
+    }
+    expect(foo(7)).toBe(12);
+});