diff --git a/pgrx-tests/src/lib.rs b/pgrx-tests/src/lib.rs
index ce8dc0d02..003f3c687 100644
--- a/pgrx-tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pgrx-tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,50 @@ mod framework;
 pub use framework::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "proptest")]
 pub mod proptest;
+
+// ── Test stubs ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// When a test binary links pgrx-pg-sys, all the extern "C" statics declared in
+// the generated bindings become undefined symbols.  Normally --gc-sections
+// prunes unreachable references, but #[typetag::serde] / inventory::submit!
+// ctors run before main() and pull pg_sys symbols into the live set.
+//
+// Because pgrx-tests is a dev-dependency, it is linked into test binaries but
+// NOT into the extension .so.  These #[unsafe(no_mangle)] statics satisfy the linker
+// without ever shadowing the real PostgreSQL symbols at runtime.
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+mod stubs {
+    use pgrx::pg_sys;
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut CurrentMemoryContext: pg_sys::MemoryContext = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut error_context_stack: *mut pg_sys::ErrorContextCallback = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut PG_exception_stack: *mut pg_sys::sigjmp_buf = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut emit_log_hook: pg_sys::emit_log_hook_type = None;
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut Log_error_verbosity: std::ffi::c_int = 0;
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut Log_line_prefix: *mut std::ffi::c_char = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut Log_destination: std::ffi::c_int = 0;
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut Log_destination_string: *mut std::ffi::c_char = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut syslog_sequence_numbers: bool = false;
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut syslog_split_messages: bool = false;
+
+    #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+    pub static mut BufferBlocks: *mut std::ffi::c_void = std::ptr::null_mut();
+}
diff --git a/pgrx/src/lib.rs b/pgrx/src/lib.rs
index f27ead6b7..a78133d33 100644
--- a/pgrx/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pgrx/src/lib.rs
@@ -354,6 +354,49 @@ macro_rules! pg_magic_func {
             // return the magic
             &MY_MAGIC.0
         }
+
+        // ── Test stubs ──
+        // When the test binary links, all extern "C" statics from
+        // pgrx-pg-sys become undefined symbols.  #[typetag::serde]
+        // ctors pull them into the live set, defeating --gc-sections.
+        // These stubs compile ON THE EXTENSION SIDE where #[cfg(test)]
+        // actually fires, and provide #[unsafe(no_mangle)] definitions that
+        // satisfy the linker without shadowing PG's real symbols in the .so.
+        #[cfg(test)]
+        mod __pgrx_test_stubs {
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut CurrentMemoryContext: $crate::pg_sys::MemoryContext = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut error_context_stack: *mut $crate::pg_sys::ErrorContextCallback = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut PG_exception_stack: *mut $crate::pg_sys::sigjmp_buf = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut emit_log_hook: $crate::pg_sys::emit_log_hook_type = None;
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut Log_error_verbosity: std::ffi::c_int = 0;
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut Log_line_prefix: *mut std::ffi::c_char = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut Log_destination: std::ffi::c_int = 0;
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut Log_destination_string: *mut std::ffi::c_char = std::ptr::null_mut();
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut syslog_sequence_numbers: bool = false;
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut syslog_split_messages: bool = false;
+
+            #[unsafe(no_mangle)]
+            pub static mut BufferBlocks: *mut std::ffi::c_void = std::ptr::null_mut();
+        }
     };
 }