diff --git a/test-tiff.cc b/test-tiff.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d31566f17ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-tiff.cc
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+#include <tiff.h>
+#include <tiffio.h>
+
+int main() {
+  thandle_t image;
+  TIFFClientOpen("", "rb", image, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr,
+                 nullptr, nullptr);
+  return 0;
+}