diff --git a/ivtest/gold/br_gh1222.gold b/ivtest/gold/br_gh1222.gold
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bd179e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivtest/gold/br_gh1222.gold
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+./ivltests/br_gh1222.v:6: error: variable rout_ca1; cannot be driven by a primitive or continuous assignment with non-default strength.
+./ivltests/br_gh1222.v:6: error: variable rout_ca2; cannot be driven by a primitive or continuous assignment with non-default strength.
+./ivltests/br_gh1222.v:7: error: variable lout_ca1; cannot be driven by a primitive or continuous assignment with non-default strength.
+./ivltests/br_gh1222.v:7: error: variable lout_ca2; cannot be driven by a primitive or continuous assignment with non-default strength.
+./ivltests/br_gh1222.v:12: error: variable rout_gt; cannot be driven by a primitive or continuous assignment with non-default strength.
+./ivltests/br_gh1222.v:13: error: variable lout_gt; cannot be driven by a primitive or continuous assignment with non-default strength.
+10 error(s) during elaboration.
diff --git a/ivtest/ivltests/vhdl_inout.v b/ivtest/ivltests/vhdl_inout.v
index 3ce0dce66..93567ec00 100644
--- a/ivtest/ivltests/vhdl_inout.v
+++ b/ivtest/ivltests/vhdl_inout.v
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2015 CERN
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2025 CERN
 // @author Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@cern.ch>
 //
 // This source code is free software; you can redistribute it
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 // Test for port inout mode.
 
 module vhdl_inout_test;
-logic a, b, c;
+wire a; // An inout port cannot connect to a variable, so make it a wire.
+logic b, c;
 vhdl_inout dut(a, b, c);
 
 initial begin