diff --git a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
index 56de65c..fa78578d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
@@ -2227,6 +2227,24 @@
 	}
 }
 
+func TestTestRaceInstall(t *testing.T) {
+	if !canRace {
+		t.Skip("no race detector")
+	}
+
+	tg := testgo(t)
+	defer tg.cleanup()
+	tg.setenv("GOPATH", filepath.Join(tg.pwd(), "testdata"))
+
+	tg.tempDir("pkg")
+	pkgdir := tg.path("pkg")
+	tg.run("install", "-race", "-pkgdir="+pkgdir, "std")
+	tg.run("test", "-race", "-pkgdir="+pkgdir, "-i", "-v", "empty/pkg")
+	if tg.getStderr() != "" {
+		t.Error("go test -i -race: rebuilds cached packages")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBuildDryRunWithCgo(t *testing.T) {
 	if !canCgo {
 		t.Skip("skipping because cgo not enabled")