diff --git a/test/ruby/test_process.rb b/test/ruby/test_process.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3c258f9894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ruby/test_process.rb
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+require 'test/unit'
+
+class TestProcess < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_rlimit
+    begin
+      Process.getrlimit
+    rescue NotImplementedError
+      assert_raise(NotImplementedError) { Process.setrlimit }
+    rescue ArgumentError
+      assert_raise(ArgumentError) { Process.setrlimit }
+    end
+  end
+end