diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/match_char.rs b/tests/compile-fail/match_char.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a91c7fef6aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/match_char.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+fn main() {
+    assert!(std::char::from_u32(-1_i32 as u32).is_none());
+    match unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<i32, char>(-1) } {
+        'a' => {}, //~ERROR tried to interpret an invalid 32-bit value as a char: 4294967295
+        'b' => {},
+        _ => {},
+    }
+}