diff --git a/src/tests/system/kernel/Jamfile b/src/tests/system/kernel/Jamfile
index 7c5b7519b0..7698f8ab30 100644
--- a/src/tests/system/kernel/Jamfile
+++ b/src/tests/system/kernel/Jamfile
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ SimpleTest port_wakeup_test_9 : port_wakeup_test_9.cpp ;
 
 SimpleTest mmap_resize_test : mmap_resize_test.cpp ;
 
+SimpleTest null_poll_test : null_poll_test.cpp ;
+
 SimpleTest reserved_areas_test : reserved_areas_test.cpp ;
 
 SimpleTest select_check : select_check.cpp ;
diff --git a/src/tests/system/kernel/null_poll_test.cpp b/src/tests/system/kernel/null_poll_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95519f8c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/system/kernel/null_poll_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018, Xiang Fan, sfanxiang@gmail.com.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+
+
+int main()
+{
+	FILE* f = fopen("/dev/null", "w");
+	printf("f=%p\n", f);
+	int fd = fileno(f);
+	printf("fd=%d\n", fd);
+
+	struct pollfd pfd;
+	pfd.fd = fd;
+	pfd.events = POLLOUT;
+	pfd.revents = 0;
+
+	int rv = poll(&pfd, 1, -1);
+	printf("rv=%d\n", rv);
+	if (rv <= 0)
+		return 1;
+	printf("events=%08x revents=%08x\n", pfd.events, pfd.revents);
+	if (pfd.revents != POLLOUT)
+		return 2;
+
+	return 0;
+}