diff --git a/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-2709.rs b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-2709.rs
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+++ b/gcc/testsuite/rust/compile/issue-2709.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+fn main() {}
+
+struct S;
+
+impl S {
+    const Y: u8;
+    // { dg-error "associated constant in .impl. without body" "" { target *-*-* } .-1 }
+}