2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/test/files/neg/bug3240.check b/test/files/neg/bug3240.check
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f751d6f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/neg/bug3240.check
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+bug3240.scala:3: error: only classes can have declared but undefined members
+  type t
+       ^
+bug3240.scala:5: error: type arguments [this.t] do not conform to method asInstanceOf's type parameter bounds [T0]
+       a.getOrElse(defVal).asInstanceOf[t]
+                                       ^
+two errors found
diff --git a/test/files/neg/bug3240.scala b/test/files/neg/bug3240.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf197a406d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/neg/bug3240.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+class A {
+  val foo = new {
+  type t
+  def apply(a: Option[t], defVal: Any) = {
+       a.getOrElse(defVal).asInstanceOf[t]
+     }
+  }
+}
+\ No newline at end of file