diff --git a/test/CFrontend/2002-03-11-LargeCharInString.c b/test/CFrontend/2002-03-11-LargeCharInString.c
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+++ b/test/CFrontend/2002-03-11-LargeCharInString.c
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+#include <string.h>
+
+int test(char *X) {
+	/* LLVM-GCC used to emit: 
+	   %.LC0 = internal global [3 x sbyte] c"\1F\FFFFFF8B\00"
+	 */
+	return strcmp(X, "\037\213");
+}