diff --git a/prusti-tests/tests/verify/fail/incorrect/old_in_pure_postcondition.rs b/prusti-tests/tests/verify/fail/incorrect/old_in_pure_postcondition.rs
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+++ b/prusti-tests/tests/verify/fail/incorrect/old_in_pure_postcondition.rs
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+use prusti_contracts::*;
+
+#[extern_spec]
+impl<T> std::option::Option<T> {
+    #[pure] // <=== Error triggered by this
+    #[requires(self.is_some())]
+    #[ensures(old(self) === Some(result))]
+    pub fn unwrap(self) -> T; //~ ERROR old expressions should not appear in the postconditions of pure functions
+
+    #[pure]
+    #[ensures(result == matches!(self, Some(_)))]
+    pub const fn is_some(&self) -> bool;
+}
+
+#[pure]
+#[requires(x.is_some())]
+fn test(x: Option<i32>) -> i32 {
+    // Following error is due to stub encoding of invalid external spec for function `unwrap()`
+    x.unwrap() // ~ ERROR precondition of pure function call might not hold
+}
+
+fn main() { }