diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/fn-bare-spawn.rs b/src/test/run-pass/fn-bare-spawn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f40459c0f44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/fn-bare-spawn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// This is what the signature to spawn should look like with bare functions
+
+fn spawn<~T>(val: T, f: fn#(T)) {
+    f(val);
+}
+
+fn# f(&&i: int) {
+    assert i == 100;
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    spawn(100, f);
+    spawn(100, fn#(&&i: int) {
+        assert i == 100;
+    });
+}
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