diff --git a/test/CBackend/2002-05-16-NameCollide.ll b/test/CBackend/2002-05-16-NameCollide.ll
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+++ b/test/CBackend/2002-05-16-NameCollide.ll
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+; Make sure that global variables do not collide if they have the same name,
+; but different types.
+
+%X = global int 5
+%X = global long 7
diff --git a/test/CBackend/Makefile b/test/CBackend/Makefile
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+++ b/test/CBackend/Makefile
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+#                    test/Regression/CBackend/Makefile
+#
+# This directory contains regression tests for the C backend for LLVM.  
+# These testcases are assembled with the LLVM assembler, then disassembled into
+# C code.  The C code should be compilable with the standard C compiler.
+#
+LEVEL = ../../..
+include $(LEVEL)/test/Makefile.tests
+
+.PRECIOUS: Output/%.c
+
+TESTS := $(wildcard *.ll)
+
+all:: $(addprefix Output/, $(TESTS:%.ll=%.to))
+
+
+Output/%.to: Output/%.c
+	gcc -c $< -o $@ || \
+		(rm -f $@; $(FAILURE) $@ )
+
+Output/%.c: %.ll Output/.dir $(LAS) $(LDIS)
+	$(LAS) < $< | $(LDIS) -c > $@
diff --git a/test/CodeGen/CBackend/2002-05-16-NameCollide.ll b/test/CodeGen/CBackend/2002-05-16-NameCollide.ll
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index 00000000000..c08024bbec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/CodeGen/CBackend/2002-05-16-NameCollide.ll
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+; Make sure that global variables do not collide if they have the same name,
+; but different types.
+
+%X = global int 5
+%X = global long 7