diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 8811a864b0b..79bcb6e60f9 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-04-10  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR ld/18223
+	* ld-gc/gc.exp: Run pr18223.
+	* ld-gc/pr18223.d: New file.
+	* ld-gc/pr18223.s: Likewise.
+
 2015-04-10  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	Revert 2015-03-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/gc.exp b/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/gc.exp
index 58f3a2ae07e..b2a34508467 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/gc.exp
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/gc.exp
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ if { [is_elf_format] && [check_shared_lib_support] } then {
     } else {
 	run_dump_test "personality"
     }
+    run_dump_test "pr18223"
 }
 
 if { [is_remote host] || [which $CC] != 0 } {
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/pr18223.d b/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/pr18223.d
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fd1912ebc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/pr18223.d
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#name: --gc-sections with .text._init
+#ld: --gc-sections -shared
+#nm: -n
+
+#...
+[0-9a-f]+ t +_init
+#...
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/pr18223.s b/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/pr18223.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69af4909f49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-gc/pr18223.s
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+	.section	.text._init,"ax",%progbits
+	.globl	_init
+	.hidden	_init
+	.type	_init, %function
+_init:
+	.byte 0