diff --git a/tests/modules/tselfimport.nim b/tests/modules/tselfimport.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f20a404072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/modules/tselfimport.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+discard """
+  file: "tselfimport.nim"
+  line: 6
+  errormsg: "A module cannot import itself"
+"""
+import tselfimport #ERROR
+echo("Hello World")
+