diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/patterns.rs b/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/patterns.rs
index 855f174f82a1276f97b7e3c228c8210b37576d76..c4ed72c7482deffa3f605a8dfd61d25b1d5d8c97 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/patterns.rs
+++ b/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/patterns.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,23 @@
 
 #![feature(nll)]
 
-fn main() {
+fn variable_no_initializer() {
+    // FIXME: It is unclear to me whether this should be an error or not.
+
+    let x = 22;
+    let y: &'static u32;
+    y = &x;
+}
+
+fn variable_with_initializer() {
+    let x = 22;
+    let y: &'static u32 = &x; //~ ERROR
+}
+
+fn underscore_with_initializer() {
+    let x = 22;
+    let _: &'static u32 = &x; //~ ERROR
+
     let _: Vec<&'static String> = vec![&String::new()];
     //~^ ERROR borrowed value does not live long enough [E0597]
 
@@ -12,3 +28,65 @@ fn main() {
     let (_a, b): (Vec<&'static String>, _) = (vec![&String::new()], 44);
     //~^ ERROR borrowed value does not live long enough [E0597]
 }
+
+fn pair_underscores_with_initializer() {
+    let x = 22;
+    let (_, _): (&'static u32, u32) = (&x, 44); //~ ERROR
+}
+
+fn pair_variable_with_initializer() {
+    let x = 22;
+    let (y, _): (&'static u32, u32) = (&x, 44); //~ ERROR
+}
+
+struct Single<T> { value: T }
+
+fn struct_single_field_variable_with_initializer() {
+    let x = 22;
+    let Single { value: y }: Single<&'static u32> = Single { value: &x }; //~ ERROR
+}
+
+fn struct_single_field_underscore_with_initializer() {
+    let x = 22;
+    let Single { value: _ }: Single<&'static u32> = Single { value: &x }; //~ ERROR
+}
+
+struct Double<T> { value1: T, value2: T }
+
+fn struct_double_field_underscore_with_initializer() {
+    let x = 22;
+    let Double { value1: _, value2: _ }: Double<&'static u32> = Double {
+        value1: &x, //~ ERROR
+        value2: &44,
+    };
+}
+
+fn static_to_a_to_static_through_variable<'a>(x: &'a u32) -> &'static u32 {
+    // The error in this test is inconsistency with
+    // `static_to_a_to_static_through_tuple`, but "feels right" to
+    // me. It occurs because we special case the single binding case
+    // and force the type of `y` to be `&'a u32`, even though the
+    // right-hand side has type `&'static u32`.
+
+    let y: &'a u32 = &22;
+    y //~ ERROR
+}
+
+fn static_to_a_to_static_through_tuple<'a>(x: &'a u32) -> &'static u32 {
+    // FIXME: The fact that this type-checks is perhaps surprising.
+    // What happens is that the right-hand side is constrained to have
+    // type `&'a u32`, which is possible, because it has type
+    // `&'static u32`. The variable `y` is then forced to have type
+    // `&'static u32`, but it is constrained only by the right-hand
+    // side, not the ascribed type, and hence it passes.
+
+    let (y, _z): (&'a u32, u32) = (&22, 44);
+    y
+}
+
+fn a_to_static_then_static<'a>(x: &'a u32) -> &'static u32 {
+    let (y, _z): (&'static u32, u32) = (x, 44); //~ ERROR
+    y
+}
+
+fn main() { }
diff --git a/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/patterns.stderr b/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/patterns.stderr
index f982362d0607b4fb81c929d287e41df6668cfb3b..e1208bfb5ec97ed6fb7867d0eb7561ef77eeafcc 100644
--- a/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/patterns.stderr
+++ b/src/test/ui/nll/user-annotations/patterns.stderr
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
+error[E0597]: `x` does not live long enough
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:15:27
+   |
+LL |     let y: &'static u32 = &x; //~ ERROR
+   |                           ^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
+LL | }
+   | - `x` dropped here while still borrowed
+   |
+   = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
+
+error[E0597]: `x` does not live long enough
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:20:27
+   |
+LL |     let _: &'static u32 = &x; //~ ERROR
+   |                           ^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
+...
+LL | }
+   | - `x` dropped here while still borrowed
+   |
+   = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
+
 error[E0597]: borrowed value does not live long enough
-  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:6:41
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:22:41
    |
 LL |     let _: Vec<&'static String> = vec![&String::new()];
    |                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - temporary value only lives until here
@@ -9,7 +30,7 @@ LL |     let _: Vec<&'static String> = vec![&String::new()];
    = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
 
 error[E0597]: borrowed value does not live long enough
-  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:9:52
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:25:52
    |
 LL |     let (_, a): (Vec<&'static String>, _) = (vec![&String::new()], 44);
    |                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^      - temporary value only lives until here
@@ -19,7 +40,7 @@ LL |     let (_, a): (Vec<&'static String>, _) = (vec![&String::new()], 44);
    = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
 
 error[E0597]: borrowed value does not live long enough
-  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:12:53
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:28:53
    |
 LL |     let (_a, b): (Vec<&'static String>, _) = (vec![&String::new()], 44);
    |                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^      - temporary value only lives until here
@@ -28,6 +49,74 @@ LL |     let (_a, b): (Vec<&'static String>, _) = (vec![&String::new()], 44);
    |
    = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
 
-error: aborting due to 3 previous errors
+error[E0597]: `x` does not live long enough
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:34:40
+   |
+LL |     let (_, _): (&'static u32, u32) = (&x, 44); //~ ERROR
+   |                                        ^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
+LL | }
+   | - `x` dropped here while still borrowed
+   |
+   = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
+
+error[E0597]: `x` does not live long enough
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:39:40
+   |
+LL |     let (y, _): (&'static u32, u32) = (&x, 44); //~ ERROR
+   |                                        ^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
+LL | }
+   | - `x` dropped here while still borrowed
+   |
+   = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
+
+error[E0597]: `x` does not live long enough
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:46:69
+   |
+LL |     let Single { value: y }: Single<&'static u32> = Single { value: &x }; //~ ERROR
+   |                                                                     ^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
+LL | }
+   | - `x` dropped here while still borrowed
+   |
+   = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
+
+error[E0597]: `x` does not live long enough
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:51:69
+   |
+LL |     let Single { value: _ }: Single<&'static u32> = Single { value: &x }; //~ ERROR
+   |                                                                     ^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
+LL | }
+   | - `x` dropped here while still borrowed
+   |
+   = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
+
+error[E0597]: `x` does not live long enough
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:59:17
+   |
+LL |         value1: &x, //~ ERROR
+   |                 ^^ borrowed value does not live long enough
+...
+LL | }
+   | - `x` dropped here while still borrowed
+   |
+   = note: borrowed value must be valid for the static lifetime...
+
+error: unsatisfied lifetime constraints
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:72:5
+   |
+LL | fn static_to_a_to_static_through_variable<'a>(x: &'a u32) -> &'static u32 {
+   |                                           -- lifetime `'a` defined here
+...
+LL |     y //~ ERROR
+   |     ^ returning this value requires that `'a` must outlive `'static`
+
+error: unsatisfied lifetime constraints
+  --> $DIR/patterns.rs:88:40
+   |
+LL | fn a_to_static_then_static<'a>(x: &'a u32) -> &'static u32 {
+   |                            -- lifetime `'a` defined here
+LL |     let (y, _z): (&'static u32, u32) = (x, 44); //~ ERROR
+   |                                        ^^^^^^^ requires that `'a` must outlive `'static`
+
+error: aborting due to 12 previous errors
 
 For more information about this error, try `rustc --explain E0597`.