diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/native-type-mismatch.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/native-type-mismatch.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e88f39dabe77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/native-type-mismatch.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// error-pattern:expected native but found native
+use std;
+
+fn main() {
+    let std::os::libc::FILE f = std::io::rustrt::rust_get_stdin();
+    std::os::libc::opendir(f);
+}