diff --git a/Tests/base/NSBundle/GNUmakefile.preamble b/Tests/base/NSBundle/GNUmakefile.preamble
index 595edec2f..8a8962afd 100644
--- a/Tests/base/NSBundle/GNUmakefile.preamble
+++ b/Tests/base/NSBundle/GNUmakefile.preamble
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 ADDITIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS += -I../GenericTests/ -I../../..
 ADDITIONAL_OBJCFLAGS += -Wall
-
+resources2_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath -Wl,$(CURDIR)/Resources/TestFramework.framework/Versions/Current/$(GNUSTEP_TARGET_LDIR)
 resources2_LIB_DIRS += -L./Resources/TestFramework.framework/$(GNUSTEP_TARGET_LDIR)
 resources2_TOOL_LIBS += -lTestFramework
 
diff --git a/Tests/base/NSBundle/resources2.m b/Tests/base/NSBundle/resources2.m
index be38566cf..04fe010af 100644
--- a/Tests/base/NSBundle/resources2.m
+++ b/Tests/base/NSBundle/resources2.m
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 - (NSString*)test;
 @end
 
+@interface TestFramework: NSObject
+@end
 
 static void _testBundle(NSBundle* bundle, NSString* path, NSString* className)
 {
@@ -101,6 +103,10 @@ int main()
   END_SET("Bundle")
 
   START_SET("Framework")
+  /* This method call is required to ensure that the linker does not decide to
+   * elide the framework linkage.
+   */
+  [TestFramework class];
   bundle = [NSBundle bundleForClass: NSClassFromString(@"TestFramework")];
   path = [bundle bundlePath];
   _testBundle(bundle, path, @"TestFramework");