diff --git a/src/test/ui/issues/issue-27697.rs b/src/test/ui/issues/issue-27697.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..83070012f5f04
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+++ b/src/test/ui/issues/issue-27697.rs
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+// run-pass
+
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+trait MyTrait {
+    fn do_something(&self);
+    fn as_str(&self) -> &str;
+}
+
+impl Deref for dyn MyTrait {
+    type Target = str;
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        self.as_str()
+    }
+}
+
+fn trait_object_does_something(t: &dyn MyTrait) {
+    t.do_something()
+}
+
+fn main() {}