diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/skip_unused/simple_array_init.run.out b/vlib/v/tests/skip_unused/simple_array_init.run.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/skip_unused/simple_array_init.skip_unused.run.out b/vlib/v/tests/skip_unused/simple_array_init.skip_unused.run.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6
diff --git a/vlib/v/tests/skip_unused/simple_array_init.vv b/vlib/v/tests/skip_unused/simple_array_init.vv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b110923fdb9c4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/tests/skip_unused/simple_array_init.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fn main() {
+	x := '0xfe9a'
+	assert x.u8_array() == [u8(0xfe), 0x9a]
+}