diff --git a/tests/ic/myimp.nim b/tests/ic/myimp.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e0bebe141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ic/myimp.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+proc foo*(x: var int) =
+  inc x
+
diff --git a/tests/ic/timp.nim b/tests/ic/timp.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a1286b3fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ic/timp.nim
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+
+import myimp
+
+var x = 0
+foo(x)
+
+echo "hi ", x