diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 894abd878b..5fa3a817d9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@
 
 	* malloc/malloc.c (malloc_info): Inline mi_arena.
 
+	* nptl/tst-spin4.c: New test.
+	* nptl/Makefile (tests): Add tst-spin4.
+
 2014-05-29  Richard Henderson  <rth@twiddle.net>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/aarch64/sysdep.h (INTERNAL_VSYSCALL_NCS):
diff --git a/nptl/Makefile b/nptl/Makefile
index 7551406cfb..0bb6ab19c1 100644
--- a/nptl/Makefile
+++ b/nptl/Makefile
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ tests = tst-typesizes \
 	tst-mutexpi1 tst-mutexpi2 tst-mutexpi3 tst-mutexpi4 tst-mutexpi5 \
 	tst-mutexpi5a tst-mutexpi6 tst-mutexpi7 tst-mutexpi7a tst-mutexpi8 \
 	tst-mutexpi9 \
-	tst-spin1 tst-spin2 tst-spin3 \
+	tst-spin1 tst-spin2 tst-spin3 tst-spin4 \
 	tst-cond1 tst-cond2 tst-cond3 tst-cond4 tst-cond5 tst-cond6 tst-cond7 \
 	tst-cond8 tst-cond9 tst-cond10 tst-cond11 tst-cond12 tst-cond13 \
 	tst-cond14 tst-cond15 tst-cond16 tst-cond17 tst-cond18 tst-cond19 \
diff --git a/nptl/tst-spin4.c b/nptl/tst-spin4.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b23a172ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nptl/tst-spin4.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static int count = 0;
+
+static void *
+thread_add_one (void *arg)
+{
+  int tmp;
+  pthread_spinlock_t *lock = (pthread_spinlock_t *) arg;
+
+  /* When do_test holds the lock for 1 sec, the two thread will be
+     in contention for the lock. */
+  if (pthread_spin_lock (lock) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("thread_add_one(): spin_lock failed");
+      pthread_exit ((void *) 1l);
+    }
+
+  /* sleep 1s before modifying count */
+  tmp = count;
+  sleep (1);
+  count = tmp + 1;
+
+  if (pthread_spin_unlock (lock) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("thread_add_one(): spin_unlock failed");
+      pthread_exit ((void *) 1l);
+    }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  pthread_t thr1, thr2;
+  pthread_spinlock_t lock;
+  int tmp;
+
+  if (pthread_spin_init (&lock, PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("spin_init failed");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (pthread_spin_lock (&lock) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("1st spin_lock failed");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (pthread_create (&thr1, NULL, thread_add_one, (void *) &lock) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("1st pthread_create failed");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (pthread_create (&thr2, NULL, thread_add_one, (void *) &lock) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("2nd pthread_create failed");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  /* sleep 1s before modifying count */
+  tmp = count;
+  sleep (1);
+  count = tmp + 1;
+
+  if (pthread_spin_unlock (&lock) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("1st spin_unlock failed");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  void *status;
+  if (pthread_join (thr1, &status) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("1st pthread_join failed");
+      return 1;
+    }
+  if (status != NULL)
+    {
+      puts ("failure in the 1st thread");
+      return 1;
+    }
+  if (pthread_join (thr2, &status) != 0)
+    {
+      puts ("2nd pthread_join failed");
+      return 1;
+    }
+  if (status != NULL)
+    {
+      puts ("failure in the 2nd thread");
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (count != 3)
+    {
+      printf ("count is %d, should be 3\n", count);
+      return 1;
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#define TIMEOUT 5
+#define TEST_FUNCTION do_test ()
+#include "../test-skeleton.c"