diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Critical/InitialisationNotRun/InitialisationNotRun.expected b/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Critical/InitialisationNotRun/InitialisationNotRun.expected
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fdb53a2a4689
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Critical/InitialisationNotRun/InitialisationNotRun.expected
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+| test.cpp:12:16:12:17 | g1 | Initialization code for 'g1' is never run. |
+| test.cpp:14:23:14:24 | g3 | Initialization code for 'g3' is never run. |
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Critical/InitialisationNotRun/test.cpp b/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Critical/InitialisationNotRun/test.cpp
index a9a3129e759c..ee0d070df088 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Critical/InitialisationNotRun/test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/query-tests/Critical/InitialisationNotRun/test.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-#include <string.h>
+// --- stubs ---
+
+char *strcpy(char *dest, const char *src);
+
+// --- tests ---
 
 class GlobalStorage {
 public: