diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/multiple-main.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/multiple-main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03e40167e88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/multiple-main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fn main() {
+}
+
+mod foo {
+    fn main() { //~ ERROR multiple 'main' functions
+    }
+}
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