1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb b/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
index 8a546ccf1b..fbc8e3dd83 100644
--- a/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
+++ b/test/fileutils/test_fileutils.rb
@@ -72,8 +72,13 @@ class TestFileUtils < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
 
     def check_have_hardlink?
-      File.link nil, nil
-    rescue NotImplementedError
+      Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
+        Dir.chdir(dir) do
+          File.write "dummy", "dummy"
+          File.link "dummy", "hardlink"
+        end
+      end
+    rescue NotImplementedError, Errno::EACCES
       return false
     rescue
       return true