diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug501.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug501.go
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+// run
+
+// Copyright 2016 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 got a compiler crash compiling the addition of more than five
+// strings with mixed constants and variables.
+
+package main
+
+func F(s string) (string, error) {
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+func G(a, b, c string) (string, error) {
+	return F("a" + a + "b" + b + "c" + c)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	if got, _ := G("x", "y", "z"); got != "axbycz" {
+		panic(got)
+	}
+}