diff --git a/.builds/.freebsd.yaml b/.builds/.freebsd.yaml
index 47abf3ac..9034cbaf 100644
--- a/.builds/.freebsd.yaml
+++ b/.builds/.freebsd.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ tasks:
       gmake test CC=gcc
       sudo gmake install CC=gcc
       gmake test-install CC=gcc
+      gmake test-amalg CC=gcc
diff --git a/.builds/.openbsd.yaml b/.builds/.openbsd.yaml
index bc989290..005b8b58 100644
--- a/.builds/.openbsd.yaml
+++ b/.builds/.openbsd.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ tasks:
       gmake test
       doas gmake install
       gmake test-install
+      gmake test-amalg
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 67c71a42..64bb8b5f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ script:
 - make test
 - sudo make install
 - make test-install
+- make test-amalg
 - make build/janet-${TRAVIS_TAG}-${TRAVIS_OS_NAME}.tar.gz
 compiler:
 - clang
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d16b7ef9..22b8731b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -304,6 +304,16 @@ install: $(JANET_TARGET) build/version.txt
 test-install:
 	cd test/install && rm -rf build && janet build && janet build
 
+build/embed_janet.o: build/janet.c $(JANET_HEADERS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+build/embed_main.o: test/amalg/main.c $(JANET_HEADERS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
+build/embed_test: build/embed_janet.o build/embed_main.o
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(CLIBS)
+
+test-amalg: build/embed_test
+	./build/embed_test
+
 uninstall:
 	-rm $(BINDIR)/../$(JANET_TARGET)
 	-rm -rf $(INCLUDEDIR)
diff --git a/src/core/emit.c b/src/core/emit.c
index 016039c7..49feb256 100644
--- a/src/core/emit.c
+++ b/src/core/emit.c
@@ -239,11 +239,11 @@ void janetc_copy(
         return;
     }
     /* Process: src -> near -> dest */
-    int32_t near = janetc_allocnear(c, JANETC_REGTEMP_3);
-    janetc_movenear(c, near, src);
-    janetc_moveback(c, dest, near);
+    int32_t nearreg = janetc_allocnear(c, JANETC_REGTEMP_3);
+    janetc_movenear(c, nearreg, src);
+    janetc_moveback(c, dest, nearreg);
     /* Cleanup */
-    janetc_regalloc_freetemp(&c->scope->ra, near, JANETC_REGTEMP_3);
+    janetc_regalloc_freetemp(&c->scope->ra, nearreg, JANETC_REGTEMP_3);
 
 }
 /* Instruction templated emitters */
diff --git a/test/amalg/main.c b/test/amalg/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59746b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/amalg/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2019 Calvin Rose
+*
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+* deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+* rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+* sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+*
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+*
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
+* IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+/* A simple client for checking if the amalgamated Janet source compiles
+ * correctly. */
+
+#include <janet.h>
+
+int main(int argc, const char *argv[]) {
+    (void) argc;
+    (void) argv;
+    janet_init();
+    JanetTable *env = janet_core_env(NULL);
+    janet_dostring(env, "(print `hello, world!`)", "main", NULL);
+    janet_deinit();
+    return 0;
+}