diff --git a/library/std/tests/thread.rs b/library/std/tests/thread.rs
index 754b264c6ad93..4ce81f2846ea9 100644
--- a/library/std/tests/thread.rs
+++ b/library/std/tests/thread.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::cell::{Cell, RefCell};
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -14,3 +15,24 @@ fn sleep() {
     thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
     assert_eq!(*finished.lock().unwrap(), false);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn thread_local_containing_const_statements() {
+    // This exercises the `const $init:block` cases of the thread_local macro.
+    // Despite overlapping with expression syntax, the `const { ... }` is not
+    // parsed as `$init:expr`.
+    thread_local! {
+        static CELL: Cell<u32> = const {
+            let value = 1;
+            Cell::new(value)
+        };
+
+        static REFCELL: RefCell<u32> = const {
+            let value = 1;
+            RefCell::new(value)
+        };
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(CELL.get(), 1);
+    assert_eq!(REFCELL.take(), 1);
+}