diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-lib1.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-lib1.c
index b5f4fb90b39..d172c15bc7d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-lib1.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-lib1.c
@@ -14,10 +14,19 @@
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-int this_version_id = 104;
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "print-file-var.h"
+
+ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY int this_version_id = 104;
+
+START_EXTERN_C
 
 int
 get_version_1 (void)
 {
+  printf ("get_version_1: &this_version_id=%p, this_version_id=%d\n", &this_version_id, this_version_id);
+
   return this_version_id;
 }
+
+END_EXTERN_C
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-lib2.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-lib2.c
index 28bd1acb17f..b392aff9f3d 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-lib2.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-lib2.c
@@ -14,10 +14,18 @@
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
-int this_version_id = 203;
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "print-file-var.h"
+
+ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY int this_version_id = 203;
+
+START_EXTERN_C
 
 int
 get_version_2 (void)
 {
+  printf ("get_version_2: &this_version_id=%p, this_version_id=%d\n", &this_version_id, this_version_id);
   return this_version_id;
 }
+
+END_EXTERN_C
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-main.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-main.c
index ddc54f14d98..1472bd44883 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-main.c
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var-main.c
@@ -14,21 +14,49 @@
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 
+#ifdef SHLIB_NAME
+# include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include "print-file-var.h"
+
+START_EXTERN_C
+
 extern int get_version_1 (void);
 extern int get_version_2 (void);
 
+END_EXTERN_C
+
+#if VERSION_ID_MAIN
+ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY int this_version_id = 55;
+#endif
+
 int
 main (void)
 {
+#if VERSION_ID_MAIN
+  int vm = this_version_id;
+#endif
   int v1 = get_version_1 ();
-  int v2 = get_version_2 ();
+  int v2;
+
+#ifdef SHLIB_NAME
+  {
+    void *handle = dlopen (SHLIB_NAME, RTLD_LAZY);
+    int (*getver2) (void);
+
+    assert (handle != NULL);
 
-  if (v1 != 104)
-    return 1;
-  /* The value returned by get_version_2 depends on the target system.  */
-  if (v2 != 104 && v2 != 203)
-    return 2;
+    getver2 = (int (*)(void)) dlsym (handle, "get_version_2");
+
+    v2 = getver2 ();
+  }
+#else
+  v2 = get_version_2 ();
+#endif
 
   return 0; /* STOP */
 }
-
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.exp
index 1f733fb4dee..1a065cf568b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.exp
@@ -17,76 +17,122 @@ if {[skip_shlib_tests]} {
     return -1
 }
 
-set executable print-file-var-main
-
-set lib1 "print-file-var-lib1"
-set lib2 "print-file-var-lib2"
-
-set libobj1 [standard_output_file ${lib1}.so]
-set libobj2 [standard_output_file ${lib2}.so]
-
-set lib_opts { debug additional_flags=-fPIC }
-
-if { [gdb_compile_shlib ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${lib1}.c \
-                        ${libobj1} \
-                        ${lib_opts} ] != "" } {
-    return -1
+proc test {hidden dlopen version_id_main lang} {
+    global srcdir subdir
+
+    set main "print-file-var-main"
+
+    set suffix "-hidden$hidden-dlopen$dlopen-version_id_main$version_id_main"
+
+    set executable $main$suffix
+
+    set lib1 "print-file-var-lib1"
+    set lib2 "print-file-var-lib2"
+
+    set libobj1 [standard_output_file ${lib1}$suffix.so]
+    set libobj2 [standard_output_file ${lib2}$suffix.so]
+
+    set lib_opts { debug additional_flags=-fPIC $lang }
+    lappend lib_opts "additional_flags=-DHIDDEN=$hidden"
+
+    if { [gdb_compile_shlib ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${lib1}.c \
+	      ${libobj1} \
+	      ${lib_opts} ] != "" } {
+	return -1
+    }
+    if { [gdb_compile_shlib ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${lib2}.c \
+	      ${libobj2} \
+	      ${lib_opts} ] != "" } {
+	return -1
+    }
+
+    set main_opts [list debug shlib=${libobj1} $lang]
+
+    if {$dlopen} {
+	lappend main_opts "shlib_load" \
+	    "additional_flags=-DSHLIB_NAME=\"$libobj2\""
+    } else {
+	lappend main_opts "shlib=${libobj2}"
+    }
+
+    lappend main_opts "additional_flags=-DVERSION_ID_MAIN=$version_id_main"
+
+    if { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${main}.c" \
+	      [standard_output_file ${executable}] \
+	      executable \
+	      $main_opts]
+	 != ""} {
+	return -1
+    }
+
+    clean_restart $executable
+    gdb_load_shlib $libobj1
+    gdb_load_shlib $libobj2
+
+    if ![runto_main] {
+	untested "could not run to main"
+	return -1
+    }
+
+    # Try printing "this_version_num" qualified with the name of the file
+    # where the variables are defined.  There are three global variables
+    # with that name, and some systems such as GNU/Linux merge them
+    # into one single entity, while some other systems such as Windows
+    # keep them separate.  In the first situation, we have to verify
+    # that GDB does not randomly select the wrong instance, even when
+    # a specific filename is used to qualified the lookup.  And in the
+    # second case, we have to verify that GDB does select the instance
+    # defined in the given filename.
+    #
+    # To avoid adding target-specific code in this testcase, the program
+    # sets three local variables named 'vm', 'v1' and 'v2' with the value of
+    # our global variables.  This allows us to compare the value that
+    # GDB returns for each query against the actual value seen by
+    # the program itself.
+
+    # Get past the initialization of the v* variables.
+
+    set bp_location \
+	[gdb_get_line_number "STOP" "${main}.c"]
+    gdb_test "break $main.c:$bp_location" \
+	"Breakpoint \[0-9\]+ at 0x\[0-9a-fA-F\]+: .*" \
+	"breapoint at STOP marker"
+
+    gdb_test "continue" \
+	"Breakpoint \[0-9\]+, main \\(\\) at.*STOP.*" \
+	"continue to STOP marker"
+
+    # Now check the value of this_version_id in all of
+    # print-file-var-main.c, print-file-var-lib1.c and
+    # print-file-var-lib2.c.
+
+    # Compare the values of $sym1 and $sym2.
+    proc compare {sym1 sym2} {
+	with_test_prefix "sym1=$sym1,sym2=$sym2" {
+	    # Done this way instead of comparing the symbols with "print $sym1
+	    # == sym2" in GDB directly so that the values of the symbols end
+	    # up visible in the logs, for debug purposes.
+	    set vsym1 [get_integer_valueof $sym1 -1]
+	    set vsym2 [get_integer_valueof $sym2 -1]
+	    gdb_assert {$vsym1 == $vsym2} "$sym1 == $sym2"
+	}
+    }
+
+    if $version_id_main {
+	compare "'print-file-var-main.c'::this_version_id" "vm"
+	compare "this_version_id" "vm"
+    }
+
+    compare "'print-file-var-lib1.c'::this_version_id" "v1"
+    compare "'print-file-var-lib2.c'::this_version_id" "v2"
 }
-if { [gdb_compile_shlib ${srcdir}/${subdir}/${lib2}.c \
-                        ${libobj2} \
-                        ${lib_opts} ] != "" } {
-    return -1
-}
-if { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${executable}.c" \
-                  [standard_output_file ${executable}] \
-                  executable \
-                  [list debug shlib=${libobj1} shlib=${libobj2}]]
-     != ""} {
-    return -1
-}
-
-clean_restart $executable
-gdb_load_shlib $libobj1
-gdb_load_shlib $libobj2
 
-if ![runto_main] {
-    untested "could not run to main"
-    return -1
+foreach_with_prefix lang { c c++ } {
+    foreach_with_prefix hidden {0 1} {
+	foreach_with_prefix dlopen {0 1} {
+	    foreach_with_prefix version_id_main {0 1} {
+		test $hidden $dlopen $version_id_main $lang
+	    }
+	}
+    }
 }
-
-# Try printing "this_version_num" qualified with the name of the file
-# where the variables are defined.  There are two global variables
-# with that name, and some systems such as GNU/Linux merge them
-# into one single entity, while some other systems such as Windows
-# keep them separate.  In the first situation, we have to verify
-# that GDB does not randomly select the wrong instance, even when
-# a specific filename is used to qualified the lookup.  And in the
-# second case, we have to verify that GDB does select the instance
-# defined in the given filename.
-#
-# To avoid adding target-specific code in this testcase, the program
-# sets two local variable named 'v1' and 'v2' with the value of
-# our global variables.  This allows us to compare the value that
-# GDB returns for each query against the actual value seen by
-# the program itself.
-
-# Get past the initialization of variables 'v1' and 'v2'.
-
-set bp_location \
-    [gdb_get_line_number "STOP" "${executable}.c"]
-gdb_test "break $executable.c:$bp_location" \
-         "Breakpoint \[0-9\]+ at 0x\[0-9a-fA-F\]+: .*" \
-         "breapoint past v1 & v2 initialization"
-
-gdb_test "continue" \
-         "Breakpoint \[0-9\]+, main \\(\\) at.*STOP.*" \
-         "continue to STOP marker"
-
-# Now check the value of this_version_id in both print-file-var-lib1.c
-# and print-file-var-lib2.c.
-
-gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-lib1.c'::this_version_id == v1" \
-         " = 1"
-
-gdb_test "print 'print-file-var-lib2.c'::this_version_id == v2" \
-         " = 1"
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.h b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c44e4848b4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/print-file-var.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+   Copyright 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef PRINT_FILE_VAR_H
+#define PRINT_FILE_VAR_H
+
+#if HIDDEN
+# define ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY __attribute__((visibility ("hidden")))
+#else
+# define ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+# define START_EXTERN_C extern "C" {
+# define END_EXTERN_C }
+#else
+# define START_EXTERN_C
+# define END_EXTERN_C
+#endif
+
+#endif /* PRINT_FILE_VAR_H */
