diff --git a/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embed.expected b/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embed.expected
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a2ba87f5c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embed.expected
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+| embeddedfile.go:9:5:9:5 | e |
diff --git a/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embed.ql b/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embed.ql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5880ea94707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embed.ql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import go
+
+from Variable v
+where exists(v.getDeclaration())
+select v
diff --git a/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embeddedfile.go b/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embeddedfile.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16caf1b08a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/embeddedfile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+//go:embed file
+var e string = "hi"
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(e)
+	e = "why"
+	fmt.Println(e)
+}
diff --git a/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/file b/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/file
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1abe9e98695
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ql/test/extractor-tests/go1.16/file
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+file
+contents