diff --git a/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/.no_run b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/.no_run
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/.no_run
diff --git a/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/.no_test b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/.no_test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/.no_test
diff --git a/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/dep.d b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/dep.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0a80bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/dep.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module dep;
diff --git a/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/dub.sdl b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/dub.sdl
index 39fb7a6..4aaaed8 100644
--- a/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/dub.sdl
+++ b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/dub.sdl
@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 targetType "executable"
 dependency ":dep" version="*"
 sourceFiles "main.d"
+// make lib.d available for import
+importPaths "."
 
 subPackage {
 	name "dep"
-	sourceFiles "lib.d"
-	sourceFiles "lib/lib.a" platform="posix"
+	sourceFiles "dep.d"
+	sourceFiles "lib/liblib.a" platform="posix"
 	sourceFiles "lib/lib.lib" platform="windows"
 	preBuildCommands "dub build --root=\"$PACKAGE_DIR/lib\""
 }
diff --git a/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/lib/lib.d b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/lib/lib.d
index 97be8ad..22c8012 100644
--- a/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/lib/lib.d
+++ b/test/issue1408-inherit-linker-files/lib/lib.d
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 module lib;
 
-import std.stdio;
-
 void foo()
 {
-	writeln("Success.");
 }