diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index b3e8e60..cf186da 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ TESTSUITE_AT = \
  setstat04.at\
  setstat05.at\
  symlink.at\
+ symlink-bad-length.at\
+ symlink-long.at\
  version.at
 
 TESTSUITE = $(srcdir)/testsuite
diff --git a/tests/symlink-bad-length.at b/tests/symlink-bad-length.at
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbf4aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/symlink-bad-length.at
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite.  -*- Autotest -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301 USA.
+
+# Cpio v2.11 did segfault with badly set symlink length.
+# References:
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2014-11/msg00007.html
+
+AT_SETUP([symlink-bad-length])
+AT_KEYWORDS([symlink-long copyout])
+
+AT_DATA([ARCHIVE.base64],
+[x3EjAIBAtIEtJy8nAQAAAHRUYW0FAAAADQBGSUxFAABzb21lIGNvbnRlbnQKAMdxIwBgQ/+hLScv
+JwEAAAB0VEhuBQD/////TElOSwAARklMRcdxAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEAAAAAAAAACwAAAAAAVFJBSUxF
+UiEhIQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA=
+])
+
+AT_CHECK([
+base64 -d ARCHIVE.base64 > ARCHIVE || AT_SKIP_TEST
+cpio -ntv < ARCHIVE
+test $? -eq 2
+],
+[0],
+[-rw-rw-r--   1 10029    10031          13 Nov 25 13:52 FILE
+],[cpio: LINK: stored filename length is out of range
+cpio: premature end of file
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/tests/symlink-long.at b/tests/symlink-long.at
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3def2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/symlink-long.at
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# Process this file with autom4te to create testsuite.  -*- Autotest -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301 USA.
+
+# Cpio v2.11.90 changed the way symlink name is read from archive.
+# References:
+# http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2014-11/msg00007.html
+
+AT_SETUP([symlink-long])
+AT_KEYWORDS([symlink-long copyout])
+
+AT_CHECK([
+
+# len(dirname) > READBUFSIZE
+dirname=
+for i in {1..52}; do
+    dirname="xxxxxxxxx/$dirname"
+    mkdir "$dirname"
+done
+ln -s "$dirname" x || AT_SKIP_TEST
+
+echo x | cpio -o > ar
+list=`cpio -tv < ar | sed 's|.*-> ||'`
+test "$list" = "$dirname" && echo success || echo fail
+],
+[0],
+[success
+],[2 blocks
+2 blocks
+])
+
+AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index 8f3330b..590bdcb 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ m4_include([version.at])
 
 m4_include([inout.at])
 m4_include([symlink.at])
+m4_include([symlink-bad-length.at])
+m4_include([symlink-long.at])
 m4_include([interdir.at])
 
 m4_include([setstat01.at])