diff --git a/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs b/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
index 0ecff4260fbc..e3718933caad 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
@@ -1264,7 +1264,18 @@ fn valid_range_bounds(from: @ast::expr, to: @ast::expr) -> bool {
 fn check_pat(fcx: @fn_ctxt, map: ast_util::pat_id_map, pat: @ast::pat,
              expected: ty::t) {
     alt pat.node {
-      ast::pat_wild. { write::ty_only_fixup(fcx, pat.id, expected); }
+      ast::pat_wild. {
+          alt structure_of(fcx, pat.span, expected) {
+                  ty::ty_tag(_, expected_tps) {
+                      let path_tpt = {substs: some(expected_tps),
+                                      ty: expected};
+                      write::ty_fixup(fcx, pat.id, path_tpt);
+                  }
+                  _ {
+                      write::ty_only_fixup(fcx, pat.id, expected);
+                  }
+              }
+      }
       ast::pat_lit(lt) {
         check_expr_with(fcx, lt, expected);
         write::ty_only_fixup(fcx, pat.id, expr_ty(fcx.ccx.tcx, lt));
diff --git a/src/test/run-fail/alt-wildcards.rs b/src/test/run-fail/alt-wildcards.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d89679e70ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-fail/alt-wildcards.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// error-pattern:squirrelcupcake
+fn cmp() -> int {
+    alt(option::some('a'), option::none::<char>) {
+        (option::some(_), _) { fail "squirrelcupcake"; }
+        (_, option::some(_)) { fail; }
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() { log(error, cmp()); }