diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_bsd_test.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_bsd_test.go
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+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd openbsd
+
+package syscall_test
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const MNT_WAIT = 1
+
+func TestGetfsstat(t *testing.T) {
+	n, err := syscall.Getfsstat(nil, MNT_WAIT)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	data := make([]syscall.Statfs_t, n)
+	n, err = syscall.Getfsstat(data, MNT_WAIT)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	empty := syscall.Statfs_t{}
+	for _, stat := range data {
+		if stat == empty {
+			t.Fatal("an empty Statfs_t struct was returned")
+		}
+	}
+}