diff --git a/spacy/tests/test_language.py b/spacy/tests/test_language.py
index d3246224e..2977f5352 100644
--- a/spacy/tests/test_language.py
+++ b/spacy/tests/test_language.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import logging
 from unittest import mock
 import pytest
 from spacy.language import Language
+from spacy.scorer import Scorer
 from spacy.tokens import Doc, Span
 from spacy.vocab import Vocab
 from spacy.training import Example
@@ -180,6 +181,61 @@ def test_evaluate_multiple_textcat_final(en_vocab):
             assert scores["cats_f_per_type"].get(key) is None
 
 
+def test_evaluate_multiple_textcat_separate(en_vocab):
+    """Test that evaluate can evaluate multiple textcat components separately
+    with custom scorers."""
+
+    def custom_textcat_score(examples, **kwargs):
+        def custom_getter(doc, _):
+            return doc.cats
+
+        return Scorer.score_cats(
+            examples,
+            "custom_cats",
+            multi_label=False,
+            getter=custom_getter,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
+
+    @spacy.registry.scorers("test_custom_textcat_scorer")
+    def make_custom_textcat_scorer():
+        return custom_textcat_score
+
+    nlp = Language(en_vocab)
+    textcat = nlp.add_pipe(
+        "textcat",
+        config={"scorer": {"@scorers": "test_custom_textcat_scorer"}},
+    )
+    for label in ("POSITIVE", "NEGATIVE"):
+        textcat.add_label(label)
+    textcat_multilabel = nlp.add_pipe("textcat_multilabel")
+    for label in ("FEATURE", "REQUEST", "BUG", "QUESTION"):
+        textcat_multilabel.add_label(label)
+    nlp.initialize()
+
+    annots = {
+        "cats": {
+            "POSITIVE": 1.0,
+            "NEGATIVE": 0.0,
+            "FEATURE": 1.0,
+            "QUESTION": 1.0,
+            "POSITIVE": 1.0,
+            "NEGATIVE": 0.0,
+        }
+    }
+    doc = nlp.make_doc("hello world")
+    example = Example.from_dict(doc, annots)
+    scores = nlp.evaluate([example])
+    # check custom scores for the textcat pipe
+    assert "custom_cats_f_per_type" in scores
+    labels = nlp.get_pipe("textcat").labels
+    assert set(scores["custom_cats_f_per_type"].keys()) == set(labels)
+    # check default scores for the textcat_multilabel pipe
+    assert "cats_f_per_type" in scores
+    labels = nlp.get_pipe("textcat_multilabel").labels
+    assert set(scores["cats_f_per_type"].keys()) == set(labels)
+
+
 def vector_modification_pipe(doc):
     doc.vector += 1
     return doc