diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/statistics.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/statistics.exp
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+# Copyright 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+standard_testfile
+
+gdb_exit
+
+# Inlined default_gdb_start.
+set use_gdb_stub [target_info exists use_gdb_stub]
+set res [remote_spawn host "$GDB $INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS $GDBFLAGS [host_info gdb_opts] -statistics"]
+if { $res < 0 || $res == "" } {
+    perror "Spawning $GDB failed."
+    return
+}
+set gdb_spawn_id -1
+gdb_test "" "Startup time: \[0-9.\]+ \\(cpu\\), \[0-9.\]+ \\(wall\\)\r\nSpace used: \[0-9.\]+ \\(\\+\[0-9.\]+ during startup\\)" "startup time and space"
+gdb_exit