diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-abstract.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-abstract.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1f1360eac007
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-abstract.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2014 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.
+
+fn main() {
+    let abstract = (); //~ ERROR `abstract` is a reserved keyword
+}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-final.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-final.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..305ef0ef075f
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-final.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2014 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.
+
+fn main() {
+    let final = (); //~ ERROR `final` is a reserved keyword
+}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-override.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-override.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f70e6b926105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/keyword-override.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2014 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.
+
+fn main() {
+    let override = (); //~ ERROR `override` is a reserved keyword
+}