diff --git a/test/bugs/bug129.go b/test/bugs/bug129.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f388dca88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bugs/bug129.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// $G $D/$F.go || echo BUG129
+
+// Copyright 2009 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.
+
+package foo
+import "syscall"
+func f() {
+	syscall := 1
+}
diff --git a/test/golden.out b/test/golden.out
index 5ed3174070..30badd3b14 100644
--- a/test/golden.out
+++ b/test/golden.out
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ BUG: errchk: command succeeded unexpectedly:  6g bugs/bug123.go
 =========== bugs/bug125.go
 BUG: errchk: command succeeded unexpectedly:  6g bugs/bug125.go
 
+=========== bugs/bug129.go
+bugs/bug129.go:6: syscall is package, not var
+BUG129
+
 =========== fixedbugs/bug016.go
 fixedbugs/bug016.go:7: overflow converting constant to uint