diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 95ca971c3..f267572ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ifeq ($(IS_FACEBOOK_TREE),yes)
   include $(ROOT_DIR)/facebook/Makefile.env
 endif
 
-BUILD_SYSTEMS_TESTS = assembly clang_translation project_root_rel
+BUILD_SYSTEMS_TESTS = assembly clang_translation linters project_root_rel
 ifneq ($(ANT),no)
 BUILD_SYSTEMS_TESTS += ant
 endif
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/ComponentKit.ml b/infer/src/clang/ComponentKit.ml
index d08e1b966..f7c04b1e4 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/ComponentKit.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/ComponentKit.ml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ let is_in_main_file translation_unit_context an =
   | None ->
       false
   | Some file ->
-      DB.inode_equal
+      DB.source_file_equal
         (CLocation.source_file_from_path file)
         translation_unit_context.CFrontend_config.source_file
 
diff --git a/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml b/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
index ce8ceb26a..6635a3100 100644
--- a/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
+++ b/infer/src/clang/cLocation.ml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ let should_do_frontend_check trans_unit_ctx (loc_start, _) =
   match loc_start.Clang_ast_t.sl_file with
   | Some file ->
       let equal_current_source file =
-        DB.inode_equal (source_file_from_path file)
+        DB.source_file_equal (source_file_from_path file)
           trans_unit_ctx.CFrontend_config.source_file in
       equal_current_source file ||
       (file_in_project file &&  not Config.testing_mode)
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/linters/src/main.mm b/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/linters/src/main.mm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bd0ecc56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/linters/src/main.mm
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include "../../../../codetoanalyze/objcpp/linters/componentkit/FakeComponentKitHeader.h"
+
+@interface SomeClass : CKCompositeComponent
+@end
+@implementation SomeClass
++ (instancetype) new {
+  int i; // error
+  return nil;
+}
+@end
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/linters/tsrc_symlink b/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/linters/tsrc_symlink
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..aa8e45f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/codetoanalyze/linters/tsrc_symlink
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/linters/Makefile b/infer/tests/build_systems/linters/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cee362017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/linters/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 - present Facebook, Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+# of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+
+SYM_ROOT = ../codetoanalyze/linters/tsrc_symlink
+
+TESTS_DIR = ../..
+ANALYZER = linters
+CLANG_OPTIONS = -x objective-c++ -std=c++11 -fblocks -c
+INFER_OPTIONS = --no-filtering --debug-exceptions --project_root $(SYM_ROOT) 
+INFERPRINT_OPTIONS = --issues-tests
+
+SOURCES = $(SYM_ROOT)/main.mm
+
+include $(TESTS_DIR)/clang.make
diff --git a/infer/tests/build_systems/linters/issues.exp b/infer/tests/build_systems/linters/issues.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9ec4a23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/tests/build_systems/linters/issues.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+main.mm, SomeClass_new, 7, MUTABLE_LOCAL_VARIABLE_IN_COMPONENT_FILE, []