diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug438.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug438.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15d3fdab89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug438.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// compile
+
+// Copyright 2012 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Gccgo used to incorrectly give an error when compiling this.
+
+package p
+
+func F() (i int) {
+	for first := true; first; first = false {
+		i++
+	}
+	return
+}