diff --git a/test/test_c_ext.py b/test/test_c_ext.py
index ce10fd4..06ba6d3 100644
--- a/test/test_c_ext.py
+++ b/test/test_c_ext.py
@@ -14,24 +14,27 @@ def py_limited_api(request):
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def build_c_ext(pytester, py_limited_api):
-    def inner():
-        pytester.makefile(".c", test="""
+    def inner(code=""):
+        pytester.makefile(".c", test=f"""
             #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
             #include <Python.h>
 
-            static struct PyModuleDef testmodule = {
+            static struct PyModuleDef testmodule = {{
                 PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
                 .m_name = "test",
                 .m_doc = NULL,
                 .m_size = -1,
                 .m_methods = NULL,
-            };
+            }};
+
+            extern void this_function_does_not_exist();
 
             PyMODINIT_FUNC
             PyInit_test(void)
-            {
+            {{
+                {code}
                 return PyModule_Create(&testmodule);
-            }
+            }}
         """)
         pytester.makepyfile(setup=f"""
             from setuptools import setup, Extension
@@ -53,3 +56,16 @@ def test_c_ext(run, build_c_ext):
     build_c_ext()
     result = run("--ignore=setup.py")
     result.assert_outcomes(passed=1)
+
+
+def test_c_ext_undefined_symbol(run, build_c_ext):
+    build_c_ext(code="this_function_does_not_exist();")
+    result = run("--ignore=setup.py")
+    result.assert_outcomes(failed=1)
+    result.stdout.fnmatch_lines([
+        "test.*::import-check*FAILED*",
+        "E*ImportError*test.*this_function_does_not_exist*",
+    ])
+    # check whether we got nicely stripped traceback
+    #result.stdout.no_fnmatch_line("*/_pytest/*")
+    #result.stdout.no_fnmatch_line("*importlib*")