diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-1.nix b/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffe9c983c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"${x: x}"
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-2.nix b/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3745235ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"${./fnord}"
diff --git a/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-3.nix b/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65b9d4f505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lang/eval-fail-bad-antiquote-3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+''${x: x}''