diff --git a/tests/ui/linkage-attr/common-linkage-non-zero-init.rs b/tests/ui/linkage-attr/common-linkage-non-zero-init.rs
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+++ b/tests/ui/linkage-attr/common-linkage-non-zero-init.rs
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+// build-fail
+// failure-status: 101
+// known-bug: #109681
+
+// This test verifies that we continue to hit the LLVM error for common linkage with non-zero
+// initializers, since it generates invalid LLVM IR.
+// Linkages are internal features marked as perma-unstable, so we don't need to fix the issue
+// for now.
+#![crate_type="lib"]
+#![feature(linkage)]
+
+#[linkage = "common"]
+#[no_mangle]
+pub static TEST: bool = true;
diff --git a/tests/ui/linkage-attr/common-linkage-non-zero-init.stderr b/tests/ui/linkage-attr/common-linkage-non-zero-init.stderr
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+'common' global must have a zero initializer!
+ptr @TEST
+LLVM ERROR: Broken module found, compilation aborted!