diff --git a/tests/system/tsysspawnbadarg.nim b/tests/system/tsysspawnbadarg.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ace074602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/tsysspawnbadarg.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+discard """
+  line: 7
+  errormsg: "'spawn' takes a call expression of type void"
+  cmd: "nimrod $target --threads:on $options $file"
+"""
+
+spawn(1)