diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/static_is_sized.rs b/tests/compile-fail/static_is_sized.rs
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+#[macro_use]
+extern crate lazy_static;
+
+lazy_static! {
+    pub static ref FOO: str = panic!();
+}
+//^ ERROR `str` does not have a constant size known at compile-time
+
+fn main() {
+}