diff --git a/src/tests/vm/mmap-over-data.c b/src/tests/vm/mmap-over-data.c
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+/* Verifies that mapping over the data segment is disallowed. */
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <round.h>
+#include <syscall.h>
+#include "tests/lib.h"
+#include "tests/main.h"
+
+static char x;
+
+void
+test_main (void) 
+{
+  uintptr_t x_page = ROUND_DOWN ((uintptr_t) &x, 4096);
+  int handle;
+  
+  CHECK ((handle = open ("sample.txt")) > 1, "open \"sample.txt\"");
+  CHECK (mmap (handle, (void *) x_page) == MAP_FAILED,
+         "try to mmap over data segment");
+}
+