diff --git a/tests/errmsgs/t9908.nim b/tests/errmsgs/t9908.nim
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@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+discard """
+errormsg: "Error: ordinal type expected"
+line: 10
+"""
+
+# https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/9908
+
+type
+    X = enum
+        a = ("a", "b")