diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 19bb40c9cb..d80b31730a 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =		\
 	xml2sexprdata \
 	xml2vmxdata
 
-test_helpers = commandhelper ssh test_conf
+test_helpers = commandhelper ssh test_conf nsslinktest
 test_programs = virshtest sockettest \
 	nodeinfotest virbuftest \
 	commandtest seclabeltest \
@@ -1082,6 +1082,15 @@ nssmock_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
 nssmock_la_LDFLAGS = $(MOCKLIBS_LDFLAGS)
 nssmock_la_LIBADD = $(MOCKLIBS_LIBS)
 
+## Intentionaly not linking with anything else.
+## See the test source for more detailed explanation.
+nsslinktest_SOURCES = nsslinktest.c
+nsslinktest_CFLAGS = 	\
+	$(AM_CFLAGS)		\
+	-I$(top_srcdir)/tools/nss
+nsslinktest_LDADD = ../tools/nss/libnss_libvirt_impl.la
+nsslinktest_LDFLAGS = $(NULL)
+
 virnetdevtest_SOURCES = \
 	virnetdevtest.c testutils.h testutils.c
 virnetdevtest_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(LIBNL_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/tests/nsslinktest.c b/tests/nsslinktest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0232e362a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nsslinktest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Author: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "libvirt_nss.h"
+
+int main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+         char *argv[] ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+    int err, herrno; /* Dummy variables to prevent SIGSEGV */
+
+    /* The only aim of this test is to catch link errors as those
+     * are hard to trace for resulting .so library. Therefore,
+     * the fact this test has been built successfully means
+     * there's no linkage problem and therefore success is
+     * returned. */
+    _nss_libvirt_gethostbyname_r(NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, &err, &herrno);
+
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}