diff --git a/tests/stdlib/tvarargs.nim b/tests/stdlib/tvarargs.nim
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+discard """
+  targets: "c js"
+  matrix: "--gc:refc; --gc:arc"
+"""
+
+
+template main =
+  proc hello(x: varargs[string]): seq[string] =
+    var s: seq[string]
+    s.add x
+    s
+
+  doAssert hello() == @[]
+  doAssert hello("a1") == @["a1"]
+  doAssert hello("a1", "a2") == @["a1", "a2"]
+
+static: main()
+main()