diff --git a/src/test/resources/unit/undefined_hash_element_array_deref.t b/src/test/resources/unit/undefined_hash_element_array_deref.t
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+++ b/src/test/resources/unit/undefined_hash_element_array_deref.t
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+my %hash;
+is(@{$hash{CLONES}}, 0,
+    'array dereference of a missing hash element is empty in list argument context');