2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/files/neg/xmlcorner.check b/test/files/neg/xmlcorner.check
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8791829e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/neg/xmlcorner.check
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+xmlcorner.scala:2: error: illegal start of simple expression
+      val wrong = <:bla/>
+                  ^
+xmlcorner.scala:5: error: in XML literal: name cannot end in ':'
+      val wrong = <bla:  />
+                       ^
+two errors found
diff --git a/test/files/neg/xmlcorner.scala b/test/files/neg/xmlcorner.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f1c55bce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/neg/xmlcorner.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class foo {
+      val wrong = <:bla/>
+}
+class bar {
+      val wrong = <bla:  />
+}