diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-see-vdso.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-see-vdso.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-see-vdso.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ 
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int main ()
+{
+  pause ();
+  return 1;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-see-vdso.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-see-vdso.exp
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/attach-see-vdso.exp
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+# Copyright 2007
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+# This file was created by Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>.
+
+# This test only works on Linux
+if { ![istarget "*-*-linux-gnu*"] } {
+    return 0
+}
+
+set testfile "attach-see-vdso"
+set srcfile  ${testfile}.c
+set binfile  [standard_output_file ${testfile}]
+set escapedbinfile  [string_to_regexp [standard_output_file ${testfile}]]
+
+# The kernel VDSO is used for the syscalls returns only on i386 (not x86_64).
+#
+if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable {debug additional_flags=-m32}] != "" } {
+    gdb_suppress_entire_file "Testcase nonthraded compile failed, so all tests in this file will automatically fail."
+}
+
+if [get_compiler_info ${binfile}] {
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Start the program running and then wait for a bit, to be sure
+# that it can be attached to.
+
+set testpid [eval exec $binfile &]
+
+# Avoid some race:
+sleep 2
+
+# Start with clean gdb
+gdb_exit
+gdb_start
+gdb_reinitialize_dir $srcdir/$subdir
+# Never call: gdb_load ${binfile}
+# as the former problem would not reproduce otherwise.
+
+set test "attach"
+gdb_test_multiple "attach $testpid" "$test" {
+    -re "Attaching to process $testpid\r?\n.*$gdb_prompt $" {
+	pass "$test"
+    }
+}
+
+gdb_test "bt" "#0 *0x\[0-9a-f\]* in \[^?\].*" "backtrace decodes VDSO"
+
+# Exit and detach the process.
+   
+gdb_exit
+
+# Make sure we don't leave a process around to confuse
+# the next test run (and prevent the compile by keeping
+# the text file busy), in case the "set should_exit" didn't
+# work.
+   
+remote_exec build "kill -9 ${testpid}"