diff --git a/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/issue-68794-textrel-on-minimal-lib/Makefile b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/issue-68794-textrel-on-minimal-lib/Makefile
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+# Regression test for issue #68794
+#
+# Verify that no text relocations are accidentally introduced by linking a
+# minimal rust staticlib.
+#
+# The test links a rust static library into a shared library, and checks that
+# the linker doesn't have to flag the resulting file as containing TEXTRELs.
+
+-include ../tools.mk
+
+# only-linux
+
+all:
+	$(RUSTC) foo.rs
+	$(CC) bar.c $(call STATICLIB,foo) -fPIC -shared -o $(call DYLIB,bar) \
+		$(EXTRACFLAGS) $(EXTRACXXFLAGS)
+	readelf -d $(call DYLIB,bar) | grep TEXTREL; test $$? -eq 1
diff --git a/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/issue-68794-textrel-on-minimal-lib/bar.c b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/issue-68794-textrel-on-minimal-lib/bar.c
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+++ b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/issue-68794-textrel-on-minimal-lib/bar.c
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+void foo();
+
+int main() {
+    foo();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/issue-68794-textrel-on-minimal-lib/foo.rs b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/issue-68794-textrel-on-minimal-lib/foo.rs
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+++ b/src/test/run-make-fulldeps/issue-68794-textrel-on-minimal-lib/foo.rs
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+#![crate_type = "staticlib"]
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn foo(x: u32) {
+    // using the println! makes it so that enough code from the standard
+    // library is included (see issue #68794)
+    println!("foo: {}", x);
+}