diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index ff431fc..0fdb7bd 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -893,8 +893,13 @@
 				packageDescription = pack;
 		}
 
-		// Remove linker files from sourceFiles
+		// Copy linker files from sourceFiles to linkerFiles
 		auto target = projectDescription.lookupTarget(projectDescription.rootPackage);
+		target.buildSettings.sourceFiles
+			.filter!(isLinkerFile)
+			.each!(file => target.buildSettings.addLinkerFiles(file));
+		
+		// Remove linker files from sourceFiles
 		target.buildSettings.sourceFiles =
 			target.buildSettings.sourceFiles
 			.filter!(a => !isLinkerFile(a))
diff --git a/test/4-describe-data-1-list.sh b/test/4-describe-data-1-list.sh
index c0e848e..021188f 100755
--- a/test/4-describe-data-1-list.sh
+++ b/test/4-describe-data-1-list.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
 echo >> "$expected_file"
 # --data=linker-files
 echo "$CURR_DIR/describe-dependency-3/libdescribe-dependency-3.a" >> "$expected_file"
+echo "$CURR_DIR/describe-project/some.a" >> "$expected_file"
+echo "$CURR_DIR/describe-dependency-1/dep.a" >> "$expected_file"
 echo >> "$expected_file"
 # --data=source-files
 echo "$CURR_DIR/describe-project/src/dummy.d" >> "$expected_file"
diff --git a/test/4-describe-data-2-dmd.sh b/test/4-describe-data-2-dmd.sh
index 8dd54e0..af0681c 100755
--- a/test/4-describe-data-2-dmd.sh
+++ b/test/4-describe-data-2-dmd.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 echo -n "-lcurl " >> "$expected_file"
 # --data=linker-files
 echo -n "'$CURR_DIR/describe-dependency-3/libdescribe-dependency-3.a' " >> "$expected_file"
+echo -n "'$CURR_DIR/describe-project/some.a' " >> "$expected_file"
+echo -n "'$CURR_DIR/describe-dependency-1/dep.a' " >> "$expected_file"
 # --data=source-files
 echo -n "'$CURR_DIR/describe-project/src/dummy.d' " >> "$expected_file"
 echo -n "'$CURR_DIR/describe-dependency-1/source/dummy.d' " >> "$expected_file"
diff --git a/test/describe-dependency-1/dub.json b/test/describe-dependency-1/dub.json
index 93acf76..fba1c01 100644
--- a/test/describe-dependency-1/dub.json
+++ b/test/describe-dependency-1/dub.json
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
     "homepage": "fake.com",
     "license": "BSD 2-clause",
     "copyright": "Copyright © 2015, nobody",
+    "sourceFiles-posix": ["dep.a"],
+    "sourceFiles-windows": ["dep.lib"],
     "dflags": ["--another-dflag"],
     "lflags": ["--another-lflag"],
     "libs": ["curl"],
diff --git a/test/describe-project/dub.json b/test/describe-project/dub.json
index ade60d5..71dddd0 100644
--- a/test/describe-project/dub.json
+++ b/test/describe-project/dub.json
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
     "license": "BSD 2-clause",
     "copyright": "Copyright © 2015, nobody",
     "mainSourceFile": "src/dummy.d",
+    "sourceFiles-posix": ["./some.a"],
+    "sourceFiles-windows": ["./some.lib"],
     "dflags": ["--some-dflag"],
     "lflags": ["--some-lflag"],
     "libs": ["crypto"],