diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug168.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug168.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..221eb55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug168.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// $G $D/$F.go && $L $F.$A && ./$A.out || echo BUG: bug168
+
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+var g byte = 123;
+var f *byte = &g;
+var b = make([]byte, 5);
+
+func main() {
+	b[0:1][0] = *f;
+	if b[0] != 123 {
+		panic("want 123 got ", b[0]);
+	}	
+}