diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index f29d46ee09829..50b06f512c40e 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ TESTS = all core keywordargs numbers strings unicode collections hashing	\
 	suitesparse complex version pollfd mpfr	broadcast socket floatapprox	\
 	priorityqueue readdlm reflection regex float16 combinatorics dates	\
 	sysinfo rounding ranges mod2pi euler show lineedit replcompletions	\
-	backtrace repl test examples goto llvmcall grisu
+	backtrace repl test examples goto llvmcall grisu meta
 
 default: all
 
diff --git a/test/meta.jl b/test/meta.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0958567bea071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/meta.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# test meta-expressions that annotate blocks of code
+
+module MetaTest
+
+using Base.Test
+
+function f(x)
+    y = x+5
+    z = y*y
+    q = z/y
+    m = q-3
+end
+
+@inline function f_inlined(x)
+    y = x+5
+    z = y*y
+    q = z/y
+    m = q-3
+end
+
+g(x) = f(2x)
+g_inlined(x) = f_inlined(2x)
+
+@test g(3) == g_inlined(3)
+@test f(3) == f_inlined(3)
+
+end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index b4a901af28861..379f89e99a78e 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ testnames = [
     "floatapprox", "readdlm", "reflection", "regex", "float16", "combinatorics",
     "sysinfo", "rounding", "ranges", "mod2pi", "euler", "show",
     "lineedit", "replcompletions", "repl", "test", "examples", "goto",
-    "llvmcall", "grisu", "nullable"
+    "llvmcall", "grisu", "nullable", "meta"
 ]
 @unix_only push!(testnames, "unicode")