diff --git a/test/link/patch-overflow.asm b/test/link/patch-overflow.asm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8ff6578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/link/patch-overflow.asm
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+section "test", romx
+db startof("test")
+dw startof("test") * 5
diff --git a/test/link/patch-overflow.out b/test/link/patch-overflow.out
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index 00000000..3933df3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/link/patch-overflow.out
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+error: patch-overflow.asm(3): Value 81920 is not 16-bit
+error: patch-overflow.asm(2): Value 16384 is not 8-bit
+Linking failed with 2 errors