diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/Makefile b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fe42abe0ef5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#
+# In compat mode (the default without -j) a line that contains no shell
+# meta characters and no shell builtins is not passed to the shell but
+# executed directly. In our example the ls line without meta characters
+# will really execute ls, while the line with meta characters will execute
+# our special shell.
+#
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+all: sh
+	@MAKEFLAGS= ${MAKE} -B no-builtin
+	@MAKEFLAGS= ${MAKE} -B builtin
+
+sh: sh.sh
+	@cp ${.CURDIR}/sh.sh ${.OBJDIR}/sh
+	@chmod +x ${.OBJDIR}/sh
+
+.ifmake builtin || no-builtin
+
+.SHELL: path="${.OBJDIR}/sh"
+
+.PHONY: builtin no-builtin
+
+builtin:
+	@exec ls -d .
+
+no-builtin:
+	@ls -d .
+
+.endif
diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/expected.status b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/expected.status
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0cfbf08886fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/expected.status
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2
diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/expected.stderr b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/expected.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..628ea8fef6c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/expected.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+make: don't know how to make sh.sh. Stop
diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/expected.stdout b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/expected.stdout
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/sh.sh b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/sh.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a507b87f674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/sh.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# $FreeBSD$
+echo "$@"
+if ! test -t 0 ; then
+	cat
+fi
diff --git a/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/test.t b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/test.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a20fb2a761f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/usr.bin/make/shell/builtin/test.t
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+cd `dirname $0`
+. ../../common.sh
+
+desc_test()
+{
+	echo "Check that a command line with a builtin is passed to the shell."
+}
+
+eval_cmd $1