diff --git a/tests/errors/pxd_cdef_class_declaration_T286.pxd b/tests/errors/pxd_cdef_class_declaration_T286.pxd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..671292fc8c2c379167775ec81d5cc54db98df6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/errors/pxd_cdef_class_declaration_T286.pxd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cdef class A
diff --git a/tests/errors/pxd_cdef_class_declaration_T286.pyx b/tests/errors/pxd_cdef_class_declaration_T286.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7114bf8f6d7d886d16b528f704dcd07222e4ae8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/errors/pxd_cdef_class_declaration_T286.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+cdef class A:
+    pass
+
+_ERRORS = u"""
+1:5: C class 'A' is declared but not defined
+"""