diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/next-power-of-two-overflow-debug.rs b/src/test/run-pass/next-power-of-two-overflow-debug.rs
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+// Copyright 2017 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.
+
+// compile-flags: -C debug_assertions=yes
+
+#![feature(i128_type)]
+
+use std::panic;
+
+fn main() {
+    macro_rules! overflow_test {
+        ($t:ident) => (
+            let r = panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+                ($t::max_value()).next_power_of_two()
+            });
+            assert!(r.is_err());
+
+            let r = panic::catch_unwind(|| {
+                (($t::max_value() >> 1) + 2).next_power_of_two()
+            });
+            assert!(r.is_err());
+        )
+    }
+    overflow_test!(u8);
+    overflow_test!(u16);
+    overflow_test!(u32);
+    overflow_test!(u64);
+    overflow_test!(u128);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/next-power-of-two-overflow-ndebug.rs b/src/test/run-pass/next-power-of-two-overflow-ndebug.rs
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+// Copyright 2017 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.
+
+// compile-flags: -C debug_assertions=no
+
+#![feature(i128_type)]
+
+fn main() {
+    for i in 129..256 {
+        assert_eq!((i as u8).next_power_of_two(), 0);
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(((1u16 << 15) + 1).next_power_of_two(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(((1u32 << 31) + 1).next_power_of_two(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(((1u64 << 63) + 1).next_power_of_two(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(((1u128 << 127) + 1).next_power_of_two(), 0);
+}