diff --git a/S11-modules/gh2979.t b/S11-modules/gh2979.t
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+use v6;
+use Test;
+
+plan 8;
+
+# GH#2979 Symbols are not to be exported in containerized form.
+
+use lib $?FILE.IO.parent(2).add("packages/S11-modules/lib");
+
+use GH2979;
+
+is @foo.VAR.^name, 'Array', 're-exported Array';
+is %foo.VAR.^name, 'Hash', 're-exported Hash';
+is $foo.VAR.^name, 'Scalar', 're-exported Scalar';
+is &foo.VAR.^name, 'Sub', 're-exported Sub';
+is @bar.VAR.^name, 'Array', 'exported Array';
+is %bar.VAR.^name, 'Hash', 'exported Hash';
+is $bar.VAR.^name, 'Scalar', 'exported Scalar';
+is &bar.VAR.^name, 'Sub', 'exported Sub';
+
+# vim: ft=perl6 sw=4 expandtabs
diff --git a/packages/S11-modules/lib/GH2979-Foo.pm6 b/packages/S11-modules/lib/GH2979-Foo.pm6
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+++ b/packages/S11-modules/lib/GH2979-Foo.pm6
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+use v6;
+unit module GH2979-Foo;
+
+our @foo is export;
+our %foo is export;
+our $foo is export;
+sub foo is export { }
diff --git a/packages/S11-modules/lib/GH2979.pm6 b/packages/S11-modules/lib/GH2979.pm6
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+++ b/packages/S11-modules/lib/GH2979.pm6
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+use v6;
+use GH2979-Foo;
+
+our @b;
+our %b;
+our $b;
+sub b { }
+
+multi EXPORT {
+    %(
+        GH2979-Foo::EXPORT::ALL::,
+        '@bar' => @b,
+        '%bar' => %b,
+        '$bar' => $b,
+        '&bar' => &b,
+    )
+}