---
 testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

--- a/testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp
+++ b/testsuite/gdb.base/printcmds.exp
@@ -775,6 +775,12 @@ proc test_printf_with_dfp {} {
     gdb_test "printf \"%DDf\\n\",1.2E6144dl" "1.200000000000000000000000000000000E\\+6144"
 }
 
+#Test printing internal var values with printf
+proc test_printf_with_internalvar {} {
+    gdb_test "set \$a={\'a\',\'b\'}" ""
+    gdb_test "printf \"%s\\n\", \$a" "ab"
+}
+
 # Escape a left curly brace to prevent it from being interpreted as 
 # the beginning of a bound
 proc gdb_test_escape_braces { args } {
@@ -816,6 +822,8 @@ if { [test_compiler_info "armcc-*"] } {
 }
 gdb_test "p ctable1\[120\]" "120 'x'" "p ctable1\[120\] #1"
 
+test_printf_with_internalvar
+
 gdb_load ${binfile}
 
 if ![runto_main] then {