diff --git a/tests/statictypes/tstatictypes.nim b/tests/statictypes/tstatictypes.nim
index b5c45850a1..359ae4c9fe 100644
--- a/tests/statictypes/tstatictypes.nim
+++ b/tests/statictypes/tstatictypes.nim
@@ -340,3 +340,12 @@ var x:G[2,3,int]
 x.newG(4)                                                                                            
 var y = newG[2,3,int](4)
 
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# issue #12897
+
+type
+  TileCT[n: static int] = object
+    a: array[n, int]
+  Tile = TileCT #Commenting this out to make it work
+