diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/env_args.rs b/tests/compile-fail/env_args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b0068785e17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/env_args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+//error-pattern: no mir for `std
+
+fn main() {
+    let x = std::env::args();
+    assert_eq!(x.count(), 1);
+}