diff --git a/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/Makefile b/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a73838b136c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1 2000/12/08 19:21:28 drochner Exp $
+
+SRCS=	ccexc.cc construct.cc virt.cc
+
+LIB=	testlib.so
+
+OBJS=	${SRCS:.cc=.o}
+
+CPICFLAGS= -fpic -DPIC
+
+.cc.o:
+	${COMPILE.cc} ${CPICFLAGS} ${.IMPSRC} -o ${.TARGET}
+
+.if (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "i386")
+all realall:	${LIB}
+.else
+all realall:
+.endif
+
+${LIB}: ${OBJS}
+	${CXX} -shared -o ${LIB} ${OBJS}
+
+clean cleandir:
+	rm -f *.o *.so
+
+regress:
+
+.include <bsd.obj.mk>
+.include <bsd.depall.mk>
diff --git a/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/ccexc.cc b/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/ccexc.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..48303608ddfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/ccexc.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// $NetBSD: ccexc.cc,v 1.1 2000/12/08 19:21:28 drochner Exp $
+
+// generate references to exception handling runtime code
+
+extern "C" void ccexc(void);
+
+void
+ccexc(void)
+{
+	try {
+		throw "mist";
+	} catch (char *e) {
+	}
+}
diff --git a/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/construct.cc b/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/construct.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b5a67601aebd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/construct.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// $NetBSD: construct.cc,v 1.1 2000/12/08 19:21:28 drochner Exp $
+
+// check constructor / destructor calls
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+class mist {
+public:
+	mist(void);
+	~mist();
+};
+
+mist::mist(void)
+{
+	cout << "constructor" << endl;
+}
+
+mist::~mist()
+{
+	cout << "destructor" << endl;
+}
+
+static mist construct;
diff --git a/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/virt.cc b/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/virt.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2655ba5d088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/usr.bin/rtld/testlib/virt.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// $NetBSD: virt.cc,v 1.1 2000/12/08 19:21:28 drochner Exp $
+
+// g++ generates a reference to "__pure_virtual" with this code
+
+class mist {
+public:
+	virtual void vv(void) = 0;
+};
+
+class mast: public mist {
+public:
+	void vv(void) {};
+};
+
+static mast virt;