diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/const_comptime_eval_before_vinit_test.v b/vlib/v/tests/const_comptime_eval_before_vinit_test.v
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+// NB: the names are deliberately prefixed with zzz_, so that searching
+// for that in the generated C code is easier. Do not rename the consts.
+const zzz_an_i8_const = i8(0x28)
+
+const zzz_an_i16_const = i16(0x30)
+
+const zzz_an_int_const = int(89)
+
+const zzz_an_i64_const = i64(123)
+
+//
+const zzz_an_byte_const = byte(0x4b)
+
+const zzz_an_u16_const = u16(0x53)
+
+const zzz_an_u32_const = u32(51)
+
+const zzz_an_u64_const = u64(95)
+
+//
+const zzz_an_f32_const = f32(1.12)
+
+const zzz_an_f64_const = f64(3.14)
+
+const zzz_an_i8_const_1 = zzz_an_i8_const + i8(1)
+
+const zzz_an_i16_const_1 = zzz_an_i16_const + i16(1)
+
+const zzz_an_int_const_1 = zzz_an_int_const + int(1)
+
+const zzz_an_i64_const_1 = zzz_an_i64_const + i64(1)
+
+//
+const zzz_an_byte_const_1 = zzz_an_byte_const + byte(1)
+
+const zzz_an_u16_const_1 = zzz_an_u16_const + u16(1)
+
+const zzz_an_u32_const_1 = zzz_an_u32_const + u32(1)
+
+const zzz_an_u64_const_1 = zzz_an_u64_const + u64(1)
+
+//
+const zzz_an_f32_const_1 = zzz_an_f32_const + f32(1.0)
+
+const zzz_an_f64_const_1 = zzz_an_f64_const + f64(1.0)
+
+// This test works by relying on pre_main being called before main, i.e.
+// before _vinit has been run. The function pre_main will use calls to
+// static_storage/2, in order to save the values of the consts into a static
+// variable, and later the actual test_ function will try to read the values
+// back, and compare if they are correct.
+//
+// It is done like that, in order to not use either const hacks or globals,
+// so that this test can be run independently from their implementation).
+//
+// If the consts were initialised in _vinit, that check will fail. If they
+// were instead initialised either as C globals, or as C define macros, their
+// values will be the same.
+
+[unsafe]
+fn static_storage(idx int, value int) byte {
+	mut static storage := [256]byte{}
+	if value == -1 {
+		return storage[idx]
+	}
+	prev := storage[idx]
+	storage[idx] = byte(value)
+	return prev
+}
+
+// The _constructor attribute ensures that the function will be called
+// before main by the C compilers that support it.
+// Currently gcc/clang are known to work.
+[_constructor; unsafe]
+fn pre_main() {
+	unsafe {
+		static_storage(0, int(zzz_an_i8_const))
+		static_storage(1, int(zzz_an_i16_const))
+		static_storage(2, int(zzz_an_int_const))
+		static_storage(3, int(zzz_an_i64_const))
+		//
+		static_storage(4, int(zzz_an_byte_const))
+		static_storage(5, int(zzz_an_u16_const))
+		static_storage(6, int(zzz_an_u32_const))
+		static_storage(7, int(zzz_an_u64_const))
+		//
+		static_storage(8, int(zzz_an_f32_const))
+		static_storage(9, int(zzz_an_f64_const))
+
+		static_storage(20, int(zzz_an_i8_const_1))
+		static_storage(21, int(zzz_an_i16_const_1))
+		static_storage(22, int(zzz_an_int_const_1))
+		static_storage(23, int(zzz_an_i64_const_1))
+		//
+		static_storage(24, int(zzz_an_byte_const_1))
+		static_storage(25, int(zzz_an_u16_const_1))
+		static_storage(26, int(zzz_an_u32_const_1))
+		static_storage(27, int(zzz_an_u64_const_1))
+		//
+		static_storage(28, int(zzz_an_f32_const_1))
+		static_storage(29, int(zzz_an_f64_const_1))
+	}
+}
+
+fn do_check() {
+	unsafe {
+		assert static_storage(0, -1) == byte(zzz_an_i8_const)
+		assert static_storage(1, -1) == byte(zzz_an_i16_const)
+		assert static_storage(2, -1) == byte(zzz_an_int_const)
+		// TODO: this should also be initialised, but is not for now,
+		// since V has problems with `-9223372036854775808.str()`,
+		// The generating code for i64 consts is present, but is disabled
+		// for now, so they are still computed/assigned in the _vinit
+		// function at runtime.
+		//      assert static_storage(3, -1) == byte(zzz_an_i64_const)
+		//
+		assert static_storage(4, -1) == byte(zzz_an_byte_const)
+		assert static_storage(5, -1) == byte(zzz_an_u16_const)
+		assert static_storage(6, -1) == byte(zzz_an_u32_const)
+		assert static_storage(7, -1) == byte(zzz_an_u64_const)
+		// TODO: ensure these work too:
+		//      assert static_storage(8, -1) == byte(zzz_an_f32_const)
+		//      assert static_storage(9, -1) == byte(zzz_an_f64_const)
+		//
+		//		assert static_storage(20, -1) == byte(zzz_an_i8_const_1)
+		//		assert static_storage(21, -1) == byte(zzz_an_i16_const_1)
+		//		assert static_storage(22, -1) == byte(zzz_an_int_const_1)
+		//		assert static_storage(23, -1) == byte(zzz_an_i64_const_1)
+		assert static_storage(24, -1) == byte(zzz_an_byte_const_1)
+		//		assert static_storage(25, -1) == byte(zzz_an_u16_const_1)
+		//		assert static_storage(26, -1) == byte(zzz_an_u32_const_1)
+		assert static_storage(27, -1) == byte(zzz_an_u64_const_1)
+		//      assert static_storage(28, -1) == byte(zzz_an_f32_const_1)
+		//      assert static_storage(29, -1) == byte(zzz_an_f64_const_1)
+	}
+}
+
+fn test_consts_are_already_initialised() {
+	$if gcc || clang {
+		do_check()
+	} $else {
+		eprintln('_constructor is not supported by this C compiler, skipping consts initialisation tests...')
+	}
+}