diff --git a/tests/Android.mk b/tests/Android.mk
index f59b439..482c828 100644
--- a/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/tests/Android.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 bionic_tests_module := libtest_invalid-zero_shstrndx.so
 include $(LOCAL_PATH)/Android.build.prebuilt.mk
 
+bionic_tests_module := libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so
+include $(LOCAL_PATH)/Android.build.prebuilt.mk
+
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS)-$(HOST_ARCH),$(filter $(HOST_OS)-$(HOST_ARCH),linux-x86 linux-x86_64))
 build_host := true
 else
diff --git a/tests/dlfcn_test.cpp b/tests/dlfcn_test.cpp
index c33bd3a..68827fa 100644
--- a/tests/dlfcn_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/dlfcn_test.cpp
@@ -1186,4 +1186,12 @@
   ASSERT_STREQ(expected_dlerror.c_str(), dlerror());
 }
 
+TEST(dlfcn, dlopen_invalid_empty_shdr_table) {
+  std::string libpath = std::string(getenv("ANDROID_DATA")) + PREBUILT_ELF_PATH + "/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so";
+  void* handle = dlopen(libpath.c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(handle == nullptr);
+  std::string expected_dlerror = std::string("dlopen failed: \"") + libpath + "\" has no section headers";
+  ASSERT_STREQ(expected_dlerror.c_str(), dlerror());
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/arm/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so b/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/arm/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ebeaa19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/arm/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so
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diff --git a/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/arm64/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so b/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/arm64/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..12ce90f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/arm64/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so
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diff --git a/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/x86/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so b/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/x86/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..97cf006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/x86/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so
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diff --git a/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/x86_64/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so b/tests/prebuilt-elf-files/x86_64/libtest_invalid-empty_shdr_table.so
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2052442
--- /dev/null
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