diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/exports b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/exports
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/exports
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/exports
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 
 memcmp
 printf
+__assert_fail
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/assert.c b/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/assert.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/test/api/assert.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// RUN: %libomptarget-compile-run-and-check-generic
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main() {
+  int i = 1;
+#pragma omp target
+  assert(i > 0);
+
+  // CHECK: PASS
+  printf("PASS\n");
+  return 0;
+}