diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/regions-ret.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/regions-ret.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf31a308e775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/regions-ret.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// error-pattern: mismatched types
+
+fn f(x : &a.int) -> &a.int {
+    ret &3;
+}
+
+fn main() {
+}
+