; Check that the common symbol is not dropped completely, which was a regression
; in r262676.
-; CHECK: @x = common global i32 0, align 8
+; CHECK: @x = common global i32 0, align
--- /dev/null
+; Test the case when the preferred (larger / more aligned) version of a common
+; symbol is located in a module that's not included in the link.
+
+; RUN: llvm-as %s -o %t1.o
+; RUN: llvm-as %p/Inputs/start-lib-common.ll -o %t2.o
+
+; RUN: %gold -plugin %llvmshlibdir/LLVMgold.so \
+; RUN: --plugin-opt=emit-llvm \
+; RUN: -shared %t1.o --start-lib %t2.o --end-lib -o %t3.o
+; RUN: llvm-dis %t3.o -o - | FileCheck %s
+
+@x = common global i32 0, align 4
+
+; v1.12 gold honors --start-lib/--end-lib, drops %t2.o and ends up
+; with (i32 align 4) symbol.
+; CHECK: @x = common global i32 0, align 4