diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/dangling_pointers/dyn_size.rs b/tests/compile-fail/dangling_pointers/dyn_size.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39a091387c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/dangling_pointers/dyn_size.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// should find the bug even without these, but gets masked by optimizations
+// compile-flags: -Zmiri-disable-validation -Zmiri-disable-stacked-borrows -Zmir-opt-level=0
+
+struct SliceWithHead(u8, [u8]);
+
+fn main() {
+    let buf = [0u32; 1];
+    // We craft a wide pointer `*const SliceWithHead` such that the unsized tail is only partially allocated.
+    // That should be UB, as the reference is not fully dereferencable.
+    let ptr: *const SliceWithHead = unsafe { std::mem::transmute((&buf, 4usize)) };
+    // Re-borrow that. This should be UB.
+    let _ptr = unsafe { &*ptr }; //~ ERROR pointer must be in-bounds at offset 5
+}
diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/unaligned_pointers/dyn_alignment.rs b/tests/compile-fail/unaligned_pointers/dyn_alignment.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa293a5d216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/unaligned_pointers/dyn_alignment.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// should find the bug even without these, but gets masked by optimizations
+// compile-flags: -Zmiri-disable-validation -Zmiri-disable-stacked-borrows -Zmir-opt-level=0
+
+#[repr(align(256))]
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct MuchAlign;
+
+fn main() {
+    let buf = [0u32; 256];
+    // `buf` is sufficiently aligned for `layout.align` on a `dyn Debug`, but not
+    // for the actual alignment required by `MuchAlign`.
+    // We craft a wide reference `&dyn Debug` with the vtable for `MuchAlign`. That should be UB,
+    // as the reference is not aligned to its dynamic alignment requirements.
+    let mut ptr = &MuchAlign as &dyn std::fmt::Debug;
+    // Overwrite the data part of `ptr` so it points to `buf`.
+    unsafe { (&mut ptr as *mut _ as *mut *const u8).write(&buf as *const _ as *const u8); }
+    // Re-borrow that. This should be UB.
+    let _ptr = &*ptr; //~ ERROR accessing memory with alignment 4, but alignment 256 is required
+}
diff --git a/tests/compile-fail/validity/nonzero.rs b/tests/compile-fail/validity/nonzero.rs
index dbb31b3f175..8ff19a2b438 100644
--- a/tests/compile-fail/validity/nonzero.rs
+++ b/tests/compile-fail/validity/nonzero.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-// compile-flags: -Zmir-opt-level=1
+// gets masked by optimizations
+// compile-flags: -Zmir-opt-level=0
 #![feature(rustc_attrs)]
 #![allow(unused_attributes)]