diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/global/plugins/A.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/global/plugins/A.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b75a623b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/global/plugins/A.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package test
+
+object Global {
+  val x = 3
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/project/Build.scala b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/project/Build.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a597dc4bf
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+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/project/Build.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import sbt._
+
+object Test {
+  assert(test.Global.x == 3);
+}
diff --git a/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/test b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/test
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index 000000000..a100beb21
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+++ b/sbt/src/sbt-test/project/global-plugin/test
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+# tests that a source file in $sbt.global.base/plugins/ is available to the build definition in project/
+
+# dummy to ensure project gets loaded
+> name