diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-16922.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-16922.rs
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-16922.rs
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+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use std::any::Any;
+
+fn foo<T: Any>(value: &T) -> Box<Any> {
+    Box::new(value) as Box<Any>
+    //~^ ERROR: cannot infer an appropriate lifetime
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let _ = foo(&5);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-16922.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-16922.rs
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+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-16922.rs
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+// Copyright 2015 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use std::any::Any;
+
+fn foo(_: &u8) {
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let _ = &foo as &Any;
+}