1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/testsuite/awk.tests b/testsuite/awk.tests
index ad0583afb..3933fefc9 100755
--- a/testsuite/awk.tests
+++ b/testsuite/awk.tests
@@ -339,5 +339,11 @@ testing "awk handles invalid for loop" \
     "awk '{ for() }' 2>&1" "awk: cmd. line:1: Unexpected token\n" "" ""
 
 # testing "description" "command" "result" "infile" "stdin"
+testing 'awk negative field access' \
+        'awk 2>&1 -- '\''{ $(-1) }'\' \
+        "awk: cmd. line:1: Access to negative field\n" \
+        '' \
+        'anything'
+
 
 exit $FAILCOUNT