diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/alloc/global_system_mixup.rs b/tests/compile-fail/alloc/global_system_mixup.rs
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+// Make sure we detect when the `Global` and `System` allocators are mixed
+// (even when the default `Global` uses `System`).
+// error-pattern: which is Rust heap memory, using
+
+#![feature(allocator_api, slice_ptr_get)]
+
+use std::alloc::{Allocator, Global, System, Layout};
+
+fn main() {
+    let l = Layout::from_size_align(1, 1).unwrap();
+    let ptr = Global.allocate(l).unwrap().as_non_null_ptr();
+    unsafe { System.deallocate(ptr, l); }
+}