diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 6f540f038d3..7ced22ef500 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-02-09  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* gdb.base/start.c: New file.
+	* gdb.base/start.exp: New testcase.
+
 2005-02-09  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* gdb.ada/start/dummy.adb: New file.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..110b7b4ca5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2005 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.
+
+   Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
+   bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int x;
+
+void bar()
+{
+  x--;
+}
+
+void foo()
+{
+  x++;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  foo();
+  bar();
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21b44062785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/start.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+# Copyright 2005 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.  
+
+if $tracelevel then {
+    strace $tracelevel
+}
+
+set prms_id 0
+set bug_id 0
+
+set testfile start
+set srcfile ${testfile}.c
+set binfile ${objdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}
+if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfile}" "${binfile}" executable {debug}] != "" } {
+    untested "Couldn't compile test program"
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Get things started.
+
+gdb_exit
+gdb_start
+gdb_reinitialize_dir $srcdir/$subdir
+gdb_load ${binfile}
+
+# For C programs, "start" should stop in main().
+
+gdb_test "start" \
+         "main \\(\\) at .*start.c.*" \
+         "start"
+