diff --git a/test/function/cycles-pathological/A.js b/test/function/cycles-pathological/A.js
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+import B from './B';
+
+export default class A {
+	constructor () {
+		this.isA = true;
+	}
+
+	b () {
+		return new B();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/function/cycles-pathological/B.js b/test/function/cycles-pathological/B.js
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+import A from './A';
+
+export default class B extends A {
+	constructor () {
+		super();
+		this.isB = true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/function/cycles-pathological/C.js b/test/function/cycles-pathological/C.js
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+import D from './D';
+
+export default class C extends D {
+	constructor () {
+		super();
+		this.isC = true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/function/cycles-pathological/D.js b/test/function/cycles-pathological/D.js
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+import C from './C';
+
+export default class D {
+	constructor () {
+		this.isD = true;
+	}
+
+	c () {
+		return new C();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/function/cycles-pathological/_config.js b/test/function/cycles-pathological/_config.js
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+var assert = require( 'assert' );
+
+module.exports = {
+	description: 'resolves pathological cyclical dependencies gracefully',
+	babel: true,
+	exports: function ( exports ) {
+		assert.ok( exports.a.isA );
+		assert.ok( exports.b1.isA );
+		assert.ok( exports.b1.isB );
+		assert.ok( exports.b2.isA );
+		assert.ok( exports.b2.isB );
+		assert.ok( exports.c1.isC );
+		assert.ok( exports.c1.isD );
+		assert.ok( exports.c2.isC );
+		assert.ok( exports.c2.isD );
+		assert.ok( exports.d.isD );
+	},
+	solo: true
+};
diff --git a/test/function/cycles-pathological/main.js b/test/function/cycles-pathological/main.js
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+import A from './A';
+import B from './B';
+
+import C from './C';
+import D from './D';
+
+export const a = new A();
+export const b1 = a.b();
+export const b2 = new B();
+export const c1 = new C();
+export const d = new D();
+export const c2 = d.c();