diff --git a/src/tools/miri/tests/fail/extern-type-field-offset.rs b/src/tools/miri/tests/fail/extern-type-field-offset.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..139405fc3748a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/miri/tests/fail/extern-type-field-offset.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#![feature(extern_types)]
+
+extern "C" {
+    type Opaque;
+}
+
+struct Newtype(Opaque);
+
+struct S {
+    i: i32,
+    j: i32,
+    a: Newtype,
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let buf = [0i32; 4];
+
+    let x: &Newtype = unsafe { &*(&buf as *const _ as *const Newtype) };
+    // Projecting to the newtype works, because it is always at offset 0.
+    let _field = &x.0;
+
+    let x: &S = unsafe { &*(&buf as *const _ as *const S) };
+    // Accessing sized fields is perfectly fine, even at non-zero offsets.
+    let _field = &x.i;
+    let _field = &x.j;
+    // This needs to compute the field offset, but we don't know the type's alignment,
+    // so this panics.
+    let _field = &x.a; //~ERROR: does not have a known offset
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/miri/tests/fail/extern-type-field-offset.stderr b/src/tools/miri/tests/fail/extern-type-field-offset.stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cbbf1b3836199
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/miri/tests/fail/extern-type-field-offset.stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+error: unsupported operation: `extern type` does not have a known offset
+  --> $DIR/extern-type-field-offset.rs:LL:CC
+   |
+LL |     let _field = &x.a;
+   |                  ^^^^ `extern type` does not have a known offset
+   |
+   = help: this is likely not a bug in the program; it indicates that the program performed an operation that the interpreter does not support
+   = note: BACKTRACE:
+   = note: inside `main` at $DIR/extern-type-field-offset.rs:LL:CC
+
+note: some details are omitted, run with `MIRIFLAGS=-Zmiri-backtrace=full` for a verbose backtrace
+
+error: aborting due to 1 previous error
+