1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gl/tests/test-vsnprintf.c b/gl/tests/test-vsnprintf.c
index 5060836e78..7a520824bb 100644
--- a/gl/tests/test-vsnprintf.c
+++ b/gl/tests/test-vsnprintf.c
@@ -73,5 +73,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
+  /* Test the support of the POSIX/XSI format strings with positions.  */
+  {
+    char result[100];
+    retval = my_snprintf (result, sizeof (result), "%2$d %1$d", 33, 55);
+    ASSERT (strcmp (result, "55 33") == 0);
+    ASSERT (retval == strlen (result));
+  }
+
   return 0;
 }