diff --git a/gen/toobj.c b/gen/toobj.c
index 814b240e..d0dded9e 100644
--- a/gen/toobj.c
+++ b/gen/toobj.c
@@ -650,6 +650,11 @@ void FuncDeclaration::toObjFile()
         return;
     }
 
+    if (isUnitTestDeclaration()) {
+        Logger::println("*** ATTENTION: ignoring unittest declaration: %s", toChars());
+        return;
+    }
+
     Type* t = LLVM_DtoDType(type);
     TypeFunction* f = (TypeFunction*)t;
 
diff --git a/test/unittest1.d b/test/unittest1.d
index c6d9462c..12ce12d1 100644
--- a/test/unittest1.d
+++ b/test/unittest1.d
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ module unittest1;
 unittest
 {
 }
+
+void main()
+{
+}