diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 1acea950dd9..8abe50dec93 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-05-09  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* gdb.ada/assign_1.exp: New testcase.
+
 2008-05-09  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* gdb.base/find.exp: New file.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/assign_1.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/assign_1.exp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22553117e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.ada/assign_1.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2008 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+if $tracelevel then {
+    strace $tracelevel
+}
+
+load_lib "ada.exp"
+
+gdb_exit
+gdb_start
+gdb_reinitialize_dir $srcdir/$subdir
+
+# Force the language to Ada, as this will not happen automatically
+# in this case (no test program).
+gdb_test "set lang ada" \
+         "" \
+         "Changing the language to ada"
+
+gdb_test "print \$xxx := 1" \
+         "1" \
+         "set convenience variable \$xxx to 1"
+
+