diff --git a/test/arrays/bugs/arrOfRecordNoDefaultInit.chpl b/test/arrays/bugs/arrOfRecordNoDefaultInit.chpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..309153d9c39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/arrays/bugs/arrOfRecordNoDefaultInit.chpl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+record Rec
+{
+    var num : int;
+    proc init( n: int ) { num = n; }   // 0-arg init() not defined
+}
+
+proc main()
+{
+    var x = new Rec(n = 1);      // this works
+    writeln( "x = ", x, ", type = ", x.type:string );
+
+    var r = [ new Rec(n = 1) ];  // this fails
+    writeln( "r = ", r, ", type = ", r.type:string );
+}
diff --git a/test/arrays/bugs/arrOfRecordNoDefaultInit.good b/test/arrays/bugs/arrOfRecordNoDefaultInit.good
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..583bd7c38e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/arrays/bugs/arrOfRecordNoDefaultInit.good
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+x = (num = 1), type = Rec
+r = (num = 1), type = [domain(1,int(64),one)] Rec