diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/normalization.rs b/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/normalization.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51d9adccd737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/normalization.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Test that we enforce a `&'static` requirement that is only visible
+// after normalization.
+
+#![feature(nll)]
+#![ignore(unused)]
+
+trait Foo { type Out; }
+impl Foo for () { type Out = &'static u32; }
+
+fn main() {
+    let a = 22;
+    let b: <() as Foo>::Out = &a; //~ ERROR
+}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/normalization.stderr b/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/normalization.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..489f9feb044c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/normalization.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+error[E0597]: `a` does not live long enough
+  --> $DIR/normalization.rs:12:31
+   |
+LL |     let b: <() as Foo>::Out = &a; //~ ERROR
+   |                               ^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
+LL | }
+   | - `a` dropped here while still borrowed
+   |
+   = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
+
+error: aborting due to previous error
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0597`.