diff --git a/tests/lib1/comments-in-fields.pc b/tests/lib1/comments-in-fields.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bff4006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/comments-in-fields.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Name: comments-in-fields
+Description: Comments in fields test case
+URL: http://pkgconf.org/
+Version: 0
+Requires: # foo
+Requires.private: foo
+Libs: # -lbar
+Libs.private:  -lbar
+Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/tests/run.sh.in b/tests/run.sh.in
index befa89a..a505fcd 100644
--- a/tests/run.sh.in
+++ b/tests/run.sh.in
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --variable=foo case-sensitivity
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --variable=Foo case-sensitivity" \
 	"4"
 
+run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' ${1} --libs comments-in-fields" \
+	"-lfoo"
+
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR='/sysroot' ${1} --libs sysroot-dir" \
 	'-L/sysroot/lib -lfoo'
 run_test "PKG_CONFIG_PATH='${selfdir}/lib1' PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR='/sysroot2' ${1} --libs sysroot-dir" \