diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
index e262f3e6b1..8640138a72 100644
--- a/elf/Makefile
+++ b/elf/Makefile
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ static-dlopen-environment = \
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(ld-library-path):$(common-objpfx)dlfcn
 tst-tls9-static-ENV = $(static-dlopen-environment)
 tst-single_threaded-static-dlopen-ENV = $(static-dlopen-environment)
+tst-rootdir-ENV = LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/
 
 tests += \
   argv0test \
@@ -506,6 +507,7 @@ tests-container += \
   tst-dlopen-tlsmodid-container \
   tst-pldd \
   tst-preload-pthread-libc \
+  tst-rootdir \
   # tests-container
 
 test-srcs = \
@@ -855,6 +857,7 @@ modules-names += \
   tst-relsort1mod1 \
   tst-relsort1mod2 \
   tst-ro-dynamic-mod \
+  tst-rootdir-lib \
   tst-single_threaded-mod1 \
   tst-single_threaded-mod2 \
   tst-single_threaded-mod3 \
diff --git a/elf/tst-rootdir-lib.c b/elf/tst-rootdir-lib.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..007c4b0095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-rootdir-lib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* Simple library for testing locating library in root directories.
+   Copyright The GNU Toolchain Authors.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C 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.
+
+   The GNU C 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 the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+const char *
+test_func (void)
+{
+  return "Success";
+}
diff --git a/elf/tst-rootdir.c b/elf/tst-rootdir.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83284ea59e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-rootdir.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* Test code for locating libraries in root directories.
+   Copyright The GNU Toolchain Authors.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C 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.
+
+   The GNU C 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 the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <support/test-driver.h>
+#include <support/check.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  void *handle = dlopen ("libtest.so", RTLD_LAZY);
+  TEST_VERIFY_EXIT (handle != NULL);
+  typedef const char *(test_func_t) (void);
+  test_func_t *func = dlsym (handle, "test_func");
+  assert (func != NULL);
+  TEST_COMPARE_STRING (func (), "Success");
+  dlclose (handle);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#include <support/test-driver.c>
diff --git a/elf/tst-rootdir.root/preclean.req b/elf/tst-rootdir.root/preclean.req
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/elf/tst-rootdir.script b/elf/tst-rootdir.script
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f852c0ec34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elf/tst-rootdir.script
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cp $B/elf/tst-rootdir-lib.so /libtest.so