diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index c6958733d2..7ff599552b 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ EXPECT_NAMES=\
 	stdio/ungetc_multiple \
 	stdio/ungetc_ftell \
 	stdio/fscanf_offby1 \
+	stdio/printf_neg_pad \
 	stdlib/a64l \
 	stdlib/alloc \
 	stdlib/atof \
diff --git a/tests/expected/stdio/printf_neg_pad.stderr b/tests/expected/stdio/printf_neg_pad.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/tests/expected/stdio/printf_neg_pad.stdout b/tests/expected/stdio/printf_neg_pad.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f573a2b6d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/expected/stdio/printf_neg_pad.stdout
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+A    BCC/
+AB    CC/
diff --git a/tests/stdio/printf_neg_pad.c b/tests/stdio/printf_neg_pad.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f443034b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/stdio/printf_neg_pad.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main() {
+        printf ("A%*s%s/\n", 5, "B", "CC");
+        printf ("A%*s%s/\n", -5, "B", "CC");
+}