diff --git a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
index 07c10c8dca..0bba9887e9 100755
--- a/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
+++ b/t/t0060-path-utils.sh
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'real path works on symlinks' '
 	test "$sym" = "$(test-path-utils real_path "$dir2/syml")"
 '
 
+test_expect_failure SYMLINKS 'prefix_path works with absolute paths to work tree symlinks' '
+	ln -s target symlink &&
+	test "$(test-path-utils prefix_path prefix "$(pwd)/symlink")" = "symlink"
+'
+
 relative_path /foo/a/b/c/	/foo/a/b/	c/
 relative_path /foo/a/b/c/	/foo/a/b	c/
 relative_path /foo/a//b//c/	///foo/a/b//	c/		POSIX