diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-2823.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-2823.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fd2c17584581c
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-2823.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+struct C {
+    x: int,
+    drop {
+        #error("dropping: %?", self.x);
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let c = C{ x: 2};
+    let d = copy c; //~ ERROR copying a noncopyable value
+    #error("%?", d.x);
+}
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