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diff --git a/src/test/ui/panic-handler/panic-handler-wrong-location.rs b/src/test/ui/panic-handler/panic-handler-wrong-location.rs
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index 00000000000..04e02682bc1
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+++ b/src/test/ui/panic-handler/panic-handler-wrong-location.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// 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.
+
+// compile-flags:-C panic=abort
+
+#![no_std]
+#![no_main]
+
+#[panic_handler]
+#[no_mangle]
+static X: u32 = 42;
diff --git a/src/test/ui/panic-handler/panic-handler-wrong-location.stderr b/src/test/ui/panic-handler/panic-handler-wrong-location.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f761e26b86e
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+++ b/src/test/ui/panic-handler/panic-handler-wrong-location.stderr
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+error[E0718]: `panic_impl` language item must be applied to a function
+  --> $DIR/panic-handler-wrong-location.rs:16:1
+   |
+LL | #[panic_handler]
+   | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ attribute should be applied to a function, not a static item
+
+error: `#[panic_handler]` function required, but not found
+
+error: aborting due to 2 previous errors
+
+For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0718`.