diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 681c9f7c6811..0a0a869e8d0a 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <!-- This controls the version of the cecil package, or the version of cecil in the project graph
          when we build the cecil submodule. The reference assembly package will depend on this version of cecil.
          Keep this in sync with ProjectInfo.cs in the submodule. -->
-    <MonoCecilVersion>0.11.3</MonoCecilVersion>
+    <MonoCecilVersion>0.11.4</MonoCecilVersion>
     <UseVSTestRunner>true</UseVSTestRunner>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests.csproj b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests.csproj
index 9c9922b77145..df5ddac57b6f 100644
--- a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests.csproj
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests/Mono.Linker.Tests.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
     <DefineConstants Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">$(DefineConstants);DEBUG</DefineConstants>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- Used in testcase to check the cecil package version. -->
+    <AssemblyAttribute Include="System.Reflection.AssemblyMetadata">
+      <_Parameter1>CecilPackageVersion</_Parameter1>
+      <_Parameter2>$(MonoCecilVersion)</_Parameter2>
+    </AssemblyAttribute>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <Folder Include="Properties\" />
     <Folder Include="TestCasesRunner\" />
diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests/Tests/CecilVersionCheck.cs b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests/Tests/CecilVersionCheck.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78fbbbb81b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests/Tests/CecilVersionCheck.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+using System;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Mono.Linker.Tests
+{
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class CecilVersionCheck
+	{
+		[TestCase]
+		public void CecilPackageVersionMatchesAssemblyVersion ()
+		{
+			var thisAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly ();
+			var cecilPackageVersion = thisAssembly
+				.GetCustomAttributes<AssemblyMetadataAttribute> ()
+				.Where (ca => ca.Key == "CecilPackageVersion")
+				.Single ().Value;
+			// Assume that the test assembly builds against the same cecil as the linker.
+			var cecilAssemblyVersion = thisAssembly
+				.GetReferencedAssemblies ()
+				.Where (an => an.Name == "Mono.Cecil")
+				.Single ().Version;
+			Assert.AreEqual (cecilPackageVersion, cecilAssemblyVersion.ToString (3));
+		}
+	}
+}
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