diff --git a/tests/basic.sh b/tests/basic.sh
index ba5ce22..9c16c97 100755
--- a/tests/basic.sh
+++ b/tests/basic.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ tests_init \
 	libs_circular_directpc \
 	libs_static \
 	libs_static_ordering \
+	libs_metapackage \
 	license_isc \
 	license_noassertion \
 	modversion_noflatten \
@@ -250,6 +251,14 @@ libs_static_ordering_body()
 		pkgconf --libs foo bar
 }
 
+libs_metapackage_body()
+{
+	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${selfdir}/lib1"
+	atf_check \
+		-o inline:"-L/test/lib -lbar -lfoo\n" \
+		pkgconf --static --libs metapackage-3
+}
+
 pkg_config_path_body()
 {
 	export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${selfdir}/lib1${PATH_SEP}${selfdir}/lib2"
diff --git a/tests/lib1/metapackage-3.pc b/tests/lib1/metapackage-3.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..111954a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/metapackage-3.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Name: metapackage-3
+Version: 0.1
+Description: metapackage for testing purposes
+Requires.private: bar