diff --git a/src/test/run-make/fpic/Makefile b/src/test/run-make/fpic/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6de58c2db18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/fpic/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-include ../tools.mk
+
+# Test for #39529.
+# `-z text` causes ld to error if there are any non-PIC sections
+
+ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
+all:
+else ifdef IS_WINDOWS
+all:
+else
+all:
+	$(RUSTC) hello.rs -C link-args=-Wl,-z,text
+endif
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/fpic/hello.rs b/src/test/run-make/fpic/hello.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a9e231b0ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/fpic/hello.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright 2014 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.
+
+fn main() { }