diff --git a/include/continuable/continuable-base.hpp b/include/continuable/continuable-base.hpp
index 2feaea1..222ab39 100644
--- a/include/continuable/continuable-base.hpp
+++ b/include/continuable/continuable-base.hpp
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ auto make_cancelling_continuable() {
 /// \since 4.0.0
 ///
 template <typename... Args>
-auto recover(Args&&... args) {
+result<detail::traits::unrefcv_t<Args>...> recover(Args&&... args) {
   return make_result(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 069d43b..4f6ba3a 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 add_subdirectory(playground)
 add_subdirectory(threads)
 add_subdirectory(unit-test)
-add_subdirectory(mock)
 add_subdirectory(simple-benchmark)
+add_subdirectory(mock)
+add_subdirectory(link)
diff --git a/test/link/CMakeLists.txt b/test/link/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a49aa73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/link/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+add_executable(test-link
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test-link.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(test-link
+  PRIVATE
+    continuable)
+
+add_test(NAME continuable-link-tests
+  COMMAND test-link)
diff --git a/test/link/test-link.cpp b/test/link/test-link.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ff168d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/link/test-link.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+/*
+  Copyright(c) 2015 - 2018 Denis Blank <denis.blank at outlook dot com>
+
+  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.
+**/
+
+/// This test is for a MSVC bug where a symbol is accidentaly referenced
+/// against cti::recover.
+
+#include <continuable/continuable.hpp>
+
+namespace my {
+using cti::cancel;
+using cti::continuable;
+using cti::make_ready_continuable;
+using cti::recover;
+using cti::result;
+
+continuable<> testit(int argc) {
+  return make_ready_continuable(argc).then([](int argc) -> result<> {
+    if (argc > 0) {
+      return recover();
+    } else {
+      return cancel();
+    }
+  });
+}
+} // namespace my
+
+int main(int argc, char**) {
+  my::testit(argc);
+  return 0;
+}