diff --git a/src/librustc/middle/stability.rs b/src/librustc/middle/stability.rs
index 5158c7e94af4c..d2ed29a3a0ff6 100644
--- a/src/librustc/middle/stability.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/middle/stability.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx: 'a> Annotator<'a, 'tcx> {
                    item_sp: Span, kind: AnnotationKind, visit_children: F)
         where F: FnOnce(&mut Self)
     {
-        if self.index.staged_api[&LOCAL_CRATE] {
+        if self.tcx.sess.features.borrow().staged_api {
+            // This crate explicitly wants staged API.
             debug!("annotate(id = {:?}, attrs = {:?})", id, attrs);
             if let Some(..) = attr::find_deprecation(self.tcx.sess.diagnostic(), attrs, item_sp) {
                 self.tcx.sess.span_err(item_sp, "`#[deprecated]` cannot be used in staged api, \
@@ -204,6 +205,15 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx: 'a> Annotator<'a, 'tcx> {
                 }
             }
 
+            // Propagate unstability.  This can happen even for non-staged-api crates in case
+            // -Zforce-unstable-if-unmarked is set.
+            if let Some(stab) = self.parent_stab {
+                if stab.level.is_unstable() {
+                    let def_id = self.tcx.hir.local_def_id(id);
+                    self.index.stab_map.insert(def_id, Some(stab));
+                }
+            }
+
             if let Some(depr) = attr::find_deprecation(self.tcx.sess.diagnostic(), attrs, item_sp) {
                 if kind == AnnotationKind::Prohibited {
                     self.tcx.sess.span_err(item_sp, "This deprecation annotation is useless");
diff --git a/src/libtest/lib.rs b/src/libtest/lib.rs
index 5451ec24aa8fc..5e34688f8cb8f 100644
--- a/src/libtest/lib.rs
+++ b/src/libtest/lib.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #![feature(libc)]
 #![feature(set_stdio)]
 #![feature(panic_unwind)]
+#![feature(staged_api)]
 
 extern crate getopts;
 extern crate term;