diff --git a/tests/win_status_access_violation.rs b/tests/win_status_access_violation.rs
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+++ b/tests/win_status_access_violation.rs
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+use linkme::distributed_slice;
+
+#[distributed_slice]
+static ITEMS: [&'static str] = [..];
+
+#[distributed_slice(ITEMS)]
+static ITEM1: &'static str = "item1";
+
+/// Regression test for https://github.com/dtolnay/linkme/issues/67.
+///
+/// Must be run with `--release`.
+#[test]
+fn win_status_access_violation() {
+    let mut last_address = None;
+    for item in ITEMS {
+        // Do some busy work to push the compiler into optimizing the code
+        // in a particularly "bad" way. This is entirely derived from
+        // experimentation.
+        let address = item as *const &str as usize;
+        if let Some(last) = last_address {
+            assert_eq!(address - last, std::mem::size_of::<&str>());
+        }
+        last_address = Some(address);
+
+        // Should not cause STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
+        println!("{} {:?}", item.len(), item.as_bytes());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/win_status_illegal_instruction.rs b/tests/win_status_illegal_instruction.rs
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+use linkme::distributed_slice;
+pub struct Item {
+    pub name: &'static str,
+}
+
+impl Item {
+    #[inline(never)]
+    fn len(&self) -> usize {
+        self.name.len()
+    }
+}
+
+#[distributed_slice]
+static ITEMS: [Item] = [..];
+
+#[distributed_slice(ITEMS)]
+static ITEM1: Item = Item { name: "item1" };
+
+/// Regression test for https://github.com/dtolnay/linkme/issues/67.
+///
+/// Must be run with `--release`.
+#[test]
+fn win_status_illegal_instruction() {
+    let mut last_address = None;
+    for item in ITEMS {
+        // Do some busy work to push the compiler into optimizing the code
+        // in a particularly "bad" way. This is entirely derived from
+        // experimentation.
+        let address = item as *const Item as usize;
+        if let Some(last) = last_address {
+            assert_eq!(address - last, std::mem::size_of::<Item>());
+        }
+        last_address = Some(address);
+        println!("{} {:?}", item.len(), item.name);
+
+        // Should not cause STATUS_ILLEGAL_INSTRUCTION
+        assert_eq!(item.len(), 5);
+    }
+}