diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/split-by-file1.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/split-by-file1.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81458c006b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/split-by-file1.s
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+        .section ".foo", "axl"
+        .global label1
+label1:
+        nop
+        nop
+        nop
+
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/split-by-file2.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/split-by-file2.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e25623525
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-x86-64/split-by-file2.s
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+        .section ".foo", "axl"
+        .global label2
+label2:
+        nop
+        nop
+        nop