diff --git a/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/Makefile
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+++ b/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/Makefile
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+-include ../tools.mk
+
+# ignore windows: `ln` is actually `cp` on msys.
+ifndef IS_WINDOWS
+
+all:
+	$(RUSTC) foo.rs --crate-type=rlib -o $(TMPDIR)/foo.xxx
+	ln -nsf $(TMPDIR)/foo.xxx $(TMPDIR)/libfoo.rlib
+	$(RUSTC) bar.rs -L $(TMPDIR)
+
+else
+all:
+
+endif
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/bar.rs b/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/bar.rs
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index 00000000000..e8f06680862
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+++ b/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/bar.rs
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+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+extern crate foo;
+
+fn main() {
+    foo::bar();
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/foo.rs b/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/foo.rs
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index 00000000000..5abbb1dcbce
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+++ b/src/test/run-make/symlinked-rlib/foo.rs
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+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+pub fn bar() {}