diff --git a/test/integration-test/bpf/variables_reloc.bpf.c b/test/integration-test/bpf/variables_reloc.bpf.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08712937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration-test/bpf/variables_reloc.bpf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// clang-format off
+#include <vmlinux.h>
+#include <bpf/bpf_helpers.h>
+// clang-format on
+
+volatile unsigned int key1 = 0;       // .bss
+volatile unsigned int key2 = 1;       // .data
+volatile const unsigned int key3 = 2; // .rodata
+
+SEC("xdp")
+int variables_reloc(struct xdp_md *ctx) {
+  if (key1 == 0 && key2 != 1 && key3 != 2) {
+    key1 += 1;
+    key2 += 1;
+    return XDP_DROP;
+  } else {
+    return XDP_PASS;
+  }
+}
+
+char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
diff --git a/test/integration-test/build.rs b/test/integration-test/build.rs
index 8e53b5a9..5266a8ea 100644
--- a/test/integration-test/build.rs
+++ b/test/integration-test/build.rs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ fn main() {
         ("multimap-btf.bpf.c", false),
         ("reloc.bpf.c", true),
         ("text_64_64_reloc.c", false),
+        ("variables_reloc.bpf.c", false),
     ];
 
     if build_integration_bpf {
diff --git a/test/integration-test/src/lib.rs b/test/integration-test/src/lib.rs
index c20926dd..ffed5dd4 100644
--- a/test/integration-test/src/lib.rs
+++ b/test/integration-test/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ pub const RELOC_BTF: &[u8] =
     include_bytes_aligned!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/reloc.bpf.target.o"));
 pub const TEXT_64_64_RELOC: &[u8] =
     include_bytes_aligned!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/text_64_64_reloc.o"));
+pub const VARIABLES_RELOC: &[u8] =
+    include_bytes_aligned!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/variables_reloc.bpf.o"));
 
 pub const LOG: &[u8] = include_bytes_aligned!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/log"));
 pub const MAP_TEST: &[u8] = include_bytes_aligned!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/map_test"));
diff --git a/test/integration-test/src/tests/relocations.rs b/test/integration-test/src/tests/relocations.rs
index eb43466a..2dce6a60 100644
--- a/test/integration-test/src/tests/relocations.rs
+++ b/test/integration-test/src/tests/relocations.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-use aya::{programs::UProbe, util::KernelVersion, Ebpf};
+use aya::{
+    programs::{UProbe, Xdp},
+    util::KernelVersion,
+    Ebpf,
+};
 use test_log::test;
 
 #[test]
@@ -33,6 +37,17 @@ fn text_64_64_reloc() {
     assert_eq!(m.get(&1, 0).unwrap(), 3);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn variables_reloc() {
+    let mut bpf = Ebpf::load(crate::VARIABLES_RELOC).unwrap();
+    let prog: &mut Xdp = bpf
+        .program_mut("variables_reloc")
+        .unwrap()
+        .try_into()
+        .unwrap();
+    prog.load().unwrap();
+}
+
 fn load_and_attach(name: &str, bytes: &[u8]) -> Ebpf {
     let mut bpf = Ebpf::load(bytes).unwrap();