diff --git a/test/bugs/bug163.go b/test/bugs/bug163.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30d2cab5d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bugs/bug163.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// errchk $G $D/$F.go
+
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	日本語 := 1;	// Japanese ideographs are not letters
+}
diff --git a/test/golden.out b/test/golden.out
index 0cce6f5f4b..60e6f6f566 100644
--- a/test/golden.out
+++ b/test/golden.out
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ xyz: expected 1 2 3 got 3 2 1
 abc: expected 4 5 6 got -4 4 4
 BUG: bug159
 
+=========== bugs/bug162.go
+123
+BUG: should fail
+
+=========== bugs/bug163.go
+BUG: should not compile
+
 =========== fixedbugs/bug016.go
 fixedbugs/bug016.go:7: constant -3 overflows uint