diff --git a/tests/oneline-command-continuations.mk b/tests/oneline-command-continuations.mk
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+all: test
+	@echo TEST-PASS
+
+test: ; test "Hello \
+	  world" = "Hello   world"