diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/issue-14285.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-14285.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d5e608ecae303
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/issue-14285.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2012-2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+trait Foo {}
+
+struct A;
+
+impl Foo for A {}
+
+struct B<'a>(&'a Foo);
+
+fn foo<'a>(a: &Foo) -> B<'a> {
+    B(a)    //~ ERROR cannot infer an appropriate lifetime
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let _test = foo(&A);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/isuue-12470.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/isuue-12470.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..18bfb7abe6c86
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+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/isuue-12470.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Copyright 2012-2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+trait X {
+    fn get_i(&self) -> int;
+}
+
+
+struct B {
+    i: int
+}
+
+impl X for B {
+    fn get_i(&self) -> int {
+        self.i
+    }
+}
+
+struct A<'a> {
+    p: &'a X
+}
+
+fn make_a<'a>(p: &'a X) -> A<'a> {
+    A { p: p }
+}
+
+fn make_make_a() -> A {
+    let b: Box<B> = box B {i:1};
+    let bb: &B = b;    //~ ERROR does not live long enough
+    make_a(bb)
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let _a = make_make_a();
+}