diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/recursive-static-definition.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/recursive-static-definition.rs
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/recursive-static-definition.rs
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+// Copyright 2018 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+pub static FOO: u32 = FOO;
+//~^ ERROR cycle detected when const-evaluating `FOO`
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/refer-to-other-statics-by-value.rs b/src/test/run-pass/refer-to-other-statics-by-value.rs
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+++ b/src/test/run-pass/refer-to-other-statics-by-value.rs
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+// Copyright 2018 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+static A: usize = 42;
+static B: usize = A;
+
+fn main() {
+    assert_eq!(B, 42);
+}