diff --git a/src/libstd/arc.rs b/src/libstd/arc.rs
index ce9599762d0..067191a855b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/arc.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/arc.rs
@@ -106,3 +106,34 @@ fn get_arc<T: send const>(c: comm::chan<proto<T>>) -> arc::arc<T> {
     c.send(shared_get(chan(p)));
     p.recv()
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    import comm::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn manually_share_arc() {
+        let v = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
+        let arc_v = arc::arc(v);
+
+        let p = port();
+        let c = chan(p);
+
+        task::spawn() {||
+            let p = port();
+            c.send(chan(p));
+
+            let arc_v = p.recv();
+
+            let v = *arc::get::<[int]>(&arc_v);
+            assert v[3] == 4;
+        };
+
+        let c = p.recv();
+        c.send(arc::clone(&arc_v));
+
+        assert (*arc::get(&arc_v))[2] == 3;
+
+        log(info, arc_v);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/share-arc.rs b/src/test/run-pass/share-arc.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d1c40122840..00000000000
--- a/src/test/run-pass/share-arc.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-use std;
-import std::arc;
-import comm::*;
-
-fn main() {
-    let v = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10];
-    let arc_v = arc::arc(v);
-
-    let p = port();
-    let c = chan(p);
-    
-    task::spawn() {||
-        let p = port();
-        c.send(chan(p));
-
-        let arc_v = p.recv();
-
-        let v = *arc::get::<[int]>(&arc_v);
-        assert v[3] == 4;
-    };
-
-    let c = p.recv();
-    c.send(arc::clone(&arc_v));
-
-    assert (*arc::get(&arc_v))[2] == 3;
-
-    log(info, arc_v);
-}