1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/t/dh_link b/t/dh_link
index 9f644e78..8c7bfeee 100644
--- a/t/dh_link
+++ b/t/dh_link
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 use Test;
-plan(tests => 3);
+plan(tests => 4);
 
 # It used to not make absolute links in this situation, and it should.
 # #37774
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ ok("foo",readlink("debian/tmp/usr/bin/bar"));
 # ok, more complex relative links.
 system("./dh_link","usr/lib/1","usr/bin/2");
 ok("../lib/1",readlink("debian/tmp/usr/bin/2"));
+
+# this was bug #40159. Absolute links passes to dh_link.
+system("./dh_link","/etc/X11/dfm/system.dfmext","usr/share/dfm/dfmext");
+ok("/etc/X11/dfm/system.dfmext",readlink("debian/tmp/usr/share/dfm/dfmext"));