diff --git a/tests/lib1/typelibdir.pc b/tests/lib1/typelibdir.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16e46c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/typelibdir.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+prefix=/test
+exec_prefix=${prefix}
+libdir=${prefix}/lib
+includedir=${prefix}/include
+typelibdir=${libdir}/typelibdir
+
+Name: test
+Description: A testing pkg-config file
+Version: 1.2.3
+Libs: -llib-1
+Cflags: 
diff --git a/tests/run.sh.in b/tests/run.sh.in
index 8a87cc2..820c3d1 100644
--- a/tests/run.sh.in
+++ b/tests/run.sh.in
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --libs prefix-foo1 prefix-foo2"
 	'-L/test/bar/lib -lfoo1 -lfoo2'
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --cflags prefix-foo1 prefix-foo2" \
 	'-I/test/bar/include/foo -DBAR -fPIC -DFOO'
+run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --variable=typelibdir --define-variable='libdir=\${libdir}' typelibdir" \
+	"\${libdir}/typelibdir"
 
 # 10) tests for internal getopt implementation with options at the end
 if [ "x@STRICT_MODE@" = "xno" ]; then