diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/fail-type-err.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/fail-type-err.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..681e10f834d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/fail-type-err.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// error-pattern:expected str but found vec
+// xfail-stage0
+fn main() {
+    fail [];
+}