diff --git a/src/test/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.rs b/src/test/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.rs
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index 000000000000..4c96d6e7ca17
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+++ b/src/test/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Check that `#[cfg_attr($PREDICATE,)]` triggers the `unused_attribute` lint.
+
+// compile-flags: --cfg TRUE
+
+#![deny(unused)]
+
+#[cfg_attr(FALSE,)] //~ ERROR unused attribute
+fn _f() {}
+
+#[cfg_attr(TRUE,)] //~ ERROR unused attribute
+fn _g() {}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.stderr b/src/test/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.stderr
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+++ b/src/test/ui/conditional-compilation/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.stderr
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+error: unused attribute
+  --> $DIR/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.rs:7:1
+   |
+LL | #[cfg_attr(FALSE,)]
+   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+   |
+note: lint level defined here
+  --> $DIR/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.rs:5:9
+   |
+LL | #![deny(unused)]
+   |         ^^^^^^
+   = note: #[deny(unused_attributes)] implied by #[deny(unused)]
+
+error: unused attribute
+  --> $DIR/cfg-attr-empty-is-unused.rs:10:1
+   |
+LL | #[cfg_attr(TRUE,)]
+   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+