diff --git a/tests/lib1/tilde-quoting.pc b/tests/lib1/tilde-quoting.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d37978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/tilde-quoting.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Name: tilde
+Description: Another pkg-config test
+Version: 1.3
+Libs: -L~ -ltilde
+Cflags: -I~
diff --git a/tests/run.sh.in b/tests/run.sh.in
index f35868f..e514e69 100644
--- a/tests/run.sh.in
+++ b/tests/run.sh.in
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --exists -foo; echo \$?" \
 	'1'
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --libs argv-parse-3" \
 	'-llib-1'
+run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --libs tilde-quoting" \
+	'-L~'
+run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --cflags tilde-quoting" \
+	'-I~'
 
 # 5) tests for other regressions
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --variable=includedir foo" \