diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/invalid/non-terminated-string.test b/lld/test/ELF/invalid/non-terminated-string.test
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index 000000000000..82e94fe1457c
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+# RUN: yaml2obj %s -o %t
+# RUN: not ld.lld %t -o %tout 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+
+# CHECK: {{.*}}:(.merge): string is not null terminated
+
+!ELF
+FileHeader:
+  Class:           ELFCLASS64
+  Data:            ELFDATA2LSB
+  OSABI:           ELFOSABI_FREEBSD
+  Type:            ET_REL
+  Machine:         EM_X86_64
+Sections:
+  - Type:            SHT_PROGBITS
+    Name:            .merge
+    Flags:           [ SHF_ALLOC, SHF_MERGE, SHF_STRINGS ]
+    AddressAlign:    0x04
+    Content:         "AABB"
+    EntSize:         0x2