diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog b/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
index e9c6bc0cd1..641bd36835 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-02-18  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* binutils-all/group-5.s, * binutils-all/group-5.d: New test.
+	* binutils-all/objcopy.exp: Run it.
+
 2010-02-01  Nathan Sidwell  <nathan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* binutils-all/note-1.d: New.
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/group-5.d b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/group-5.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d40fffe942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/group-5.d
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#PROG: objcopy
+#readelf: -Sg --wide
+#objcopy: --remove-section .dropme
+#name: copy removing group member
+
+#readelf: -Sg --wide
+
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] foo_group[ \t]+GROUP[ \t]+.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.text.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+AXG.*
+#...
+  \[[ 0-9]+\] \.data.*[ \t]+PROGBITS[ \t0-9a-f]+WAG.*
+#...
+COMDAT group section \[[ 0-9]+\] `foo_group' \[foo_group\] contains 2 sections:
+   \[Index\]    Name
+   \[[ 0-9]+\]   .text.*
+   \[[ 0-9]+\]   .data.*
+#pass
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/group-5.s b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/group-5.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2e100aa17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/group-5.s
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+	.section .text.foo,"axG",%progbits,foo_group,comdat
+	.global foo
+foo:
+	.word 0
+
+	.section .data.foo,"awG",%progbits,foo_group,comdat
+	.global bar
+bar:
+	.word 1
+
+	.section .dropme,"G",%progbits,foo_group,comdat
+	.word 2
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
index f734e14836..9761a06726 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/binutils-all/objcopy.exp
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ if [is_elf_format] {
     objcopy_test_readelf "ELF group" group-2.s
     objcopy_test_readelf "ELF group" group-3.s
     objcopy_test_readelf "ELF group" group-4.s
+    run_dump_test "group-5"
     run_dump_test "copy-1"
     run_dump_test "note-1"
 }