diff --git a/src/server/app.js b/src/server/app.js
index 6da5d83..5f07b2e 100644
--- a/src/server/app.js
+++ b/src/server/app.js
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ export function createApp(ctx) {
     // several times in a row.
     const per = config.reviewsPerClaim ?? 3;
     const since = Date.now() - 3600_000;
-    const claims = store.get(`SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM events WHERE user_id = ? AND type IN ('claim', 'claim_batch') AND at > ?`, user.id, since).n;
+    const claims = store.get(`SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM events WHERE user_id = ? AND type IN ('claim', 'claim_batch', 'region_claim') AND at > ?`, user.id, since).n;
     const done = store.get('SELECT COUNT(*) AS n FROM peer_reviews WHERE reviewer_id = ? AND created_at > ?', user.id, since).n;
     const need = Math.min(per, (claims + 1) * per - done);
     if (need <= 0) return;
diff --git a/test/server.test.js b/test/server.test.js
index a10a9f4..66478da 100644
--- a/test/server.test.js
+++ b/test/server.test.js
@@ -629,6 +629,27 @@ test('a long review queue makes new claims wait for a few peer reviews', async (
   }
 });
 
+test('region claims count toward the reviews a long queue asks for', async () => {
+  await activeUser('rcauthor');
+  const author = ctx.accounts.byName('rcauthor');
+  const token = await activeUser('rcworker');
+  const worker = ctx.accounts.userByApiToken(token);
+  const saved = ctx.store.get(`SELECT id, state FROM tasks WHERE state != 'done' ORDER BY id LIMIT 1`);
+  const attempts = [0, 1, 2, 3].map(() => Number(ctx.store.run(`INSERT INTO attempts (task_id, user_id, base_commit, files_json, state, created_at) VALUES (?, ?, ?, '{}', 'peer_review', ?)`, saved.id, author.id, ctx.repo.head(), now()).lastInsertRowid));
+  const before = ctx.config.peerReviewFirstAt;
+  ctx.config.peerReviewFirstAt = 0;
+  try {
+    for (const a of attempts.slice(0, 3)) ctx.peers.submit(worker, a, 'same', 'the same branches and calls as the original', null);
+    ctx.store.event('region_claim', worker.id, { kind: 'unit', key: 'src/rc.cpp', leased: 5, shared: 0 });
+    const r = await call('POST', '/api/regions/claim', {}, token);
+    assert.equal(r.status, 429, 'three reviews paid for the region already claimed, not for the next one');
+  } finally {
+    ctx.config.peerReviewFirstAt = before;
+    ctx.store.run(`UPDATE attempts SET state = 'superseded' WHERE id IN (${attempts.join(',')})`);
+    ctx.store.run('UPDATE tasks SET state = ? WHERE id = ?', saved.state, saved.id);
+  }
+});
+
 test('the review list skips fully leased functions before applying its limit', async () => {
   await activeUser('rlauthor');
   await activeUser('rlviewer');