diff --git a/tests/Android.mk b/tests/Android.mk
index 3aef5bb25..a5ec45d62 100644
--- a/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/tests/Android.mk
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ build_target := SHARED_LIBRARY
 include $(LOCAL_PATH)/Android.build.mk
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This library used by atexit tests
+# Library used by atexit tests
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 libtest_atexit_src_files := \
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ bionic-unit-tests_src_files := \
     dlext_test.cpp \
     dlfcn_test.cpp \
 
+bionic-unit-tests_cppflags := \
+    $(test_cppflags)
+
 bionic-unit-tests_ldflags := \
     -Wl,--export-dynamic \
     -Wl,-u,DlSymTestFunction \
@@ -304,6 +307,9 @@ bionic-unit-tests-glibc_whole_static_libraries := \
 bionic-unit-tests-glibc_ldlibs := \
     -lrt -ldl \
 
+bionic-unit-tests-glibc_cppflags := \
+    $(test_cppflags)
+
 module := bionic-unit-tests-glibc
 module_tag := optional
 build_type := host
diff --git a/tests/atexit_test.cpp b/tests/atexit_test.cpp
index e52235d20..e01220e1b 100644
--- a/tests/atexit_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/atexit_test.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
-TEST(atexit, combined_test) {
+TEST(atexit, dlclose) {
   std::string atexit_call_sequence;
   bool valid_this_in_static_dtor = false;
   void* handle = dlopen("libtest_atexit.so", RTLD_NOW);
@@ -40,5 +40,57 @@ TEST(atexit, combined_test) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(valid_this_in_static_dtor);
 }
 
-// TODO: test for static dtor calls from from exit(.) -> __cxa_finalize(NULL)
+class TestMainStaticDtorClass {
+ public:
+  TestMainStaticDtorClass() {
+    expected_this = this;
+  }
+
+  ~TestMainStaticDtorClass() {
+    if (this != expected_this) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "\nerror: static d-tor called with incorrect this pointer: %p, expected: %p\n", this, expected_this);
+    } else {
+      fprintf(stderr, "6");
+    }
+  }
+ private:
+  static const TestMainStaticDtorClass* expected_this;
+};
+
+const TestMainStaticDtorClass* TestMainStaticDtorClass::expected_this = NULL;
+
+static void atexit_func5() {
+  fprintf(stderr, "5");
+}
+
+static void atexit_func4() {
+  fprintf(stderr, "4");
+}
+
+static void atexit_func3() {
+  fprintf(stderr, "3");
+  atexit(atexit_func4);
+}
+
+static void atexit_func2() {
+  fprintf(stderr, "2");
+}
+
+static void atexit_func1() {
+  fprintf(stderr, "1");
+}
+
+static void atexit_main() {
+  // This should result in "123456" output to stderr
+  static TestMainStaticDtorClass static_obj;
+  atexit(atexit_func5);
+  atexit(atexit_func3);
+  atexit(atexit_func2);
+  atexit(atexit_func1);
+  exit(0);
+}
+
+TEST(atexit, exit) {
+  ASSERT_EXIT(atexit_main(), testing::ExitedWithCode(0), "123456");
+}
 
diff --git a/tests/atexit_testlib.cpp b/tests/atexit_testlib.cpp
index 36393e738..1fefdf00c 100644
--- a/tests/atexit_testlib.cpp
+++ b/tests/atexit_testlib.cpp
@@ -22,19 +22,20 @@
 static std::string* atexit_sequence = NULL;
 static bool* atexit_valid_this_in_static_dtor = NULL;
 
-class AtExitStaticClass;
-
-static const AtExitStaticClass* valid_this = NULL;
-
 static class AtExitStaticClass {
-public:
-  AtExitStaticClass() { valid_this = this; }
+ public:
+  AtExitStaticClass() { expected_this = this; }
   ~AtExitStaticClass() {
     if (atexit_valid_this_in_static_dtor) {
-      *atexit_valid_this_in_static_dtor = (valid_this == this);
+      *atexit_valid_this_in_static_dtor = (expected_this == this);
     }
   }
-} staticObj;
+ private:
+  static const AtExitStaticClass* expected_this;
+
+} static_obj;
+
+const AtExitStaticClass* AtExitStaticClass::expected_this = NULL;
 
 // 4
 static void atexit_handler_from_atexit_from_atexit2() {