diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index fa390af..c81e69f 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST =	pkg.m4 \
 		tests/lib1/cflags-whitespace-trailing.pc \
 		tests/lib1/provides.pc \
 		tests/lib1/provides-request-simple.pc \
+		tests/lib1/flag-order-1.pc \
+		tests/lib1/flag-order-3.pc \
 		tests/test_env.sh \
 		$(test_scripts) \
 		doc/conf.py \
diff --git a/tests/lib1/flag-order-1.pc b/tests/lib1/flag-order-1.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d841751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/flag-order-1.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=/test
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+cflags=-I${includedir}
+
+Name: flag order 1
+Description: test for flag ordering
+Version: 1
+Libs: -L${libdir} -Bdynamic -lfoo -Bstatic -lbar
diff --git a/tests/lib1/flag-order-3.pc b/tests/lib1/flag-order-3.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d813f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/flag-order-3.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+prefix=/test
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+cflags=-I${includedir}
+
+Name: flag order 3
+Description: test for flag ordering
+Version: 1
+Libs: -L${libdir} -Wl,--start-group -lfoo -lbar -Wl,--end-group
diff --git a/tests/parser.sh b/tests/parser.sh
index f718bc7..7e6bdda 100755
--- a/tests/parser.sh
+++ b/tests/parser.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ tests_init \
 	tilde_quoting \
 	paren_quoting \
 	multiline_field \
+	flag_order_1 \
+	flag_order_2 \
+	flag_order_3 \
+	flag_order_4 \
 	quoted
 
 comments_body()
@@ -107,3 +111,35 @@ quoted_body()
 		-o inline:"-DQUOTED=\\\"bla\\\"  \n" \
 		pkgconf --cflags quotes
 }
+
+flag_order_1_body()
+{
+	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${selfdir}/lib1"
+	atf_check \
+		-o inline:"-L/test/lib -Bdynamic -lfoo -Bstatic -lbar  \n" \
+		pkgconf --libs flag-order-1
+}
+
+flag_order_2_body()
+{
+	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${selfdir}/lib1"
+	atf_check \
+		-o inline:"-L/test/lib -Bdynamic -lfoo -Bstatic -lbar -lfoo  \n" \
+		pkgconf --libs flag-order-1 foo
+}
+
+flag_order_3_body()
+{
+	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${selfdir}/lib1"
+	atf_check \
+		-o inline:"-L/test/lib -Wl,--start-group -lfoo -lbar -Wl,--end-group  \n" \
+		pkgconf --libs flag-order-3
+}
+
+flag_order_4_body()
+{
+	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${selfdir}/lib1"
+	atf_check \
+		-o inline:"-L/test/lib -Wl,--start-group -lfoo -lbar -Wl,--end-group -lfoo  \n" \
+		pkgconf --libs flag-order-3 foo
+}