diff --git a/tests/test-merge-symlinks b/tests/test-merge-symlinks
--- a/tests/test-merge-symlinks
+++ b/tests/test-merge-symlinks
@@ -1,28 +1,39 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-"$TESTDIR/hghave" symlink || exit 80
-
 cat > echo.py <<EOF
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import os
-for k in ('HG_MY_ISLINK', 'HG_OTHER_ISLINK', 'HG_BASE_ISLINK'):
+for k in ('HG_FILE', 'HG_MY_ISLINK', 'HG_OTHER_ISLINK', 'HG_BASE_ISLINK'):
     print k, os.environ[k]
 EOF
-chmod +x echo.py
 
 # Create 2 heads containing the same file, once as
-# a file, once as a link.
-echo % create heads
+# a file, once as a link. Bundle was generated with:
+#
+# hg init t
+# cd t
+# echo a > a
+# hg ci -qAm t0 -d '0 0'
+# echo l > l
+# hg ci -qAm t1 -d '1 0'
+# hg up -C 0
+# ln -s a l
+# hg ci -qAm t2 -d '2 0'
+# echo l2 > l2
+# hg ci -qAm t3 -d '3 0'
+
 hg init t
 cd t
-echo a > a
-hg ci -qAm t0
-echo l > l
-hg ci -qAm t1
-hg up -C 0
-ln -s a l
-hg ci -qAm t2
+hg -q pull "$TESTDIR/test-merge-symlinks.hg"
+hg up -C 3
 
 # Merge them and display *_ISLINK vars
 echo % merge heads
-HGMERGE=../echo.py hg merge
+HGMERGE="python ../echo.py" hg merge
+
+# Test working directory symlink bit calculation wrt copies,
+# especially on non-supporting systems.
+echo % merge working directory
+hg up -C 2
+hg copy l l2
+HGMERGE="python ../echo.py" hg up 3