diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-constants.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-constants.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59ced0275c0
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-constants.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const foo: int = 5;
+
+fn main() {
+    // assigning to various global constants
+    none = some(3); //! ERROR assigning to static item
+    foo = 6; //! ERROR assigning to static item
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-enum.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-enum.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..927bcfdc85e
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-enum.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+enum foo = int;
+
+fn main() {
+    let x = foo(3);
+    *x = 4; //! ERROR assigning to enum content
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-resource.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-resource.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b04ac704df7
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/borrowck-assign-to-resource.rs
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+resource r(_r: int) {}
+
+fn main() {
+    let x = r(3);
+    *x = 4; //! ERROR assigning to resource content
+}
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