diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index bd084e0246e..6e014bd28bb 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ TEST_XFAILS_BOOT :=  $(TASK_XFAILS) \
                     test/run-pass/obj-as.rs \
                     test/run-pass/vec-slice.rs \
                     test/run-pass/fn-lval.rs \
+                    test/run-pass/empty-mutable-vec.rs \
                     test/run-pass/generic-bind-2.rs \
                     test/run-pass/generic-fn-box.rs \
                     test/run-pass/generic-tup.rs \
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/empty-mutable-vec.rs b/src/test/run-pass/empty-mutable-vec.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a972fda4e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/empty-mutable-vec.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() {
+    let vec[mutable int] v = vec(mutable);
+}
+