diff --git a/modules/near-links.pl b/modules/near-links.pl
index a22452d4..76c7df59 100644
--- a/modules/near-links.pl
+++ b/modules/near-links.pl
@@ -312,9 +312,7 @@ resolved to the same target (the local page), which is unexpected.
 # IndexOptions must be set in MyInitVariables for translations to
 # work.
 push(@MyInitVariables, sub {
-       push(@IndexOptions, ['near', T('Include near pages'), 0,
-			    \&ListNearPages]);
-     });
+  push(@IndexOptions, ['near', T('Include near pages'), 0, \&ListNearPages])});
 
 sub ListNearPages {
   my %pages = %NearSource;
diff --git a/modules/permanent-anchors.pl b/modules/permanent-anchors.pl
index db90f6d6..b2a15871 100644
--- a/modules/permanent-anchors.pl
+++ b/modules/permanent-anchors.pl
@@ -262,12 +262,15 @@ Some user interface changes are required as well.
 =item *
 
 Allow the page index to list permanent anchors or not by setting
-C<@IndexOptions>.
+C<@IndexOptions>. Note that we need to delay setting this option until we're
+sure that translations have loaded correctly, which is why we're setting
+C<@IndexOptions> as part of running C<@MyInitVariables>.
 
 =cut
 
-push(@IndexOptions, ['permanentanchors', T('Include permanent anchors'),
-		     1, sub { keys %PermanentAnchors }]);
+push(@MyInitVariables, sub {
+  push(@IndexOptions, ['permanentanchors', T('Include permanent anchors'),
+		       1, sub { keys %PermanentAnchors }])});
 
 =item *
 
diff --git a/t/index.t b/t/index.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24597e7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/index.t
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019  Alex Schroeder <alex@gnu.org>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+require './t/test.pl';
+package OddMuse;
+use Test::More tests => 23;
+
+update_page('Test', 'Mu');
+test_page(get_page('action=index'),
+	  'Include normal pages', 'Test');
+
+add_module('permanent-anchors.pl');
+
+# create a page with a permanent anchor
+update_page('Fix', '[::Moo]');
+
+# the default is to include permanent anchors
+$page = get_page('action=index');
+test_page($page,
+	  'Include normal pages',
+	  'Include permanent anchors');
+xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Test']",
+	   "//a[text()='Fix']",
+	   "//a[text()='Moo']");
+
+# we can exclude permanent anchors
+$page = get_page('action=index permanentanchors=0');
+xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Test']",
+	   "//a[text()='Fix']");
+negative_xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Moo']");
+
+# or include them specifically
+$page = get_page('action=index permanentanchors=1');
+xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Moo']");
+
+# and exclude normal pages
+$page = get_page('action=index pages=0 permanentanchors=1');
+xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Moo']");
+negative_xpath_test($page,
+		    "//a[text()='Test']",
+		    "//a[text()='Fix']");
+
+add_module('near-links.pl');
+
+CreateDir($NearDir);
+WriteStringToFile("$NearDir/EmacsWiki",
+		  "Alex\n");
+
+update_page('InterMap', " EmacsWiki http://www.emacswiki.org/wiki/%s\n",
+	    'required', 0, 1);
+update_page('NearMap', " EmacsWiki"
+	    . " http://www.emacswiki.org/wiki?action=index;raw=1"
+	    . " http://www.emacswiki.org/wiki?search=%s;raw=1;near=0\n",
+	    'required', 0, 1);
+
+# the default is to not include near links
+$page = get_page('action=index');
+test_page($page,
+	  'Include normal pages',
+	  'Include permanent anchors',
+	  'Include near pages');
+xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Test']",
+	   "//a[text()='Fix']",
+	   "//a[text()='Moo']");
+negative_xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Alex']");
+
+# we need to specifically include near links
+$page = get_page('action=index near=1');
+xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Alex']");
+
+# or we can specifically exclude near links
+$page = get_page('action=index near=0');
+negative_xpath_test($page, "//a[text()='Alex']");