diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-16538.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-16538.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e022834bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-16538.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2014 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.
+
+mod Y {
+    type X = uint;
+    extern {
+        static x: *const uint;
+    }
+    fn foo(value: *const X) -> *const X {
+        value
+    }
+}
+
+static foo: *const Y::X = Y::foo(Y::x as *const Y::X);
+//~^ ERROR cannot refer to other statics by value
+//~| ERROR: the trait `core::kinds::Sync` is not implemented for the type
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-7364.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-7364.rs
index 2646edd7684..ab5ba296652 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-7364.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-7364.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ use std::cell::RefCell;
 // Regresion test for issue 7364
 static boxed: Box<RefCell<int>> = box RefCell::new(0);
 //~^ ERROR statics are not allowed to have custom pointers
-//~^^ ERROR: the trait `core::kinds::Sync` is not implemented for the type
-//~^^^ ERROR: the trait `core::kinds::Sync` is not implemented for the type
-//~^^^^ ERROR: the trait `core::kinds::Sync` is not implemented for the type
+//~| ERROR: the trait `core::kinds::Sync` is not implemented for the type
+//~| ERROR: the trait `core::kinds::Sync` is not implemented for the type
+//~| ERROR: the trait `core::kinds::Sync` is not implemented for the type
 
 fn main() { }