diff --git a/src/testdir/test_findfile.vim b/src/testdir/test_findfile.vim
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+" Test for findfile()
+"
+func Test_findfile()
+  new
+  let cwd=getcwd()
+  cd ..
+
+  " Tests may be run from a shadow directory, so an extra cd needs to be done to
+  " get above src/
+  if fnamemodify(getcwd(), ':t') != 'src'
+    cd ../.. 
+  else 
+    cd .. 
+  endif
+  set ssl
+
+  call assert_equal('src/testdir/test_findfile.vim', findfile('test_findfile.vim','src/test*'))
+  exe "cd" cwd
+  cd ..
+  call assert_equal('testdir/test_findfile.vim', findfile('test_findfile.vim','test*'))
+  call assert_equal('testdir/test_findfile.vim', findfile('test_findfile.vim','testdir'))
+
+  exe "cd" cwd
+  q!
+endfunc