diff --git a/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/at_most_one.rs b/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/at_most_one.rs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/at_most_one.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2018 Serde Developers
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
+
+#[derive(Serialize)] //~ ERROR: proc-macro derive panicked
+#[serde(transparent)]
+struct S {
+    //~^^^ HELP: #[serde(transparent)] requires struct to have at most one transparent field
+    a: u8,
+    b: u8,
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/de_at_least_one.rs b/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/de_at_least_one.rs
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/de_at_least_one.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2018 Serde Developers
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)] //~ ERROR: proc-macro derive panicked
+#[serde(transparent)]
+struct S {
+    //~^^^ HELP: #[serde(transparent)] requires at least one field that is neither skipped nor has a default
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    a: u8,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    b: u8,
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/ser_at_least_one.rs b/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/ser_at_least_one.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19dd59c1
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+++ b/test_suite/tests/compile-fail/transparent/ser_at_least_one.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2018 Serde Developers
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
+
+#[derive(Serialize)] //~ ERROR: proc-macro derive panicked
+#[serde(transparent)]
+struct S {
+    //~^^^ HELP: #[serde(transparent)] requires at least one field that is not skipped
+    #[serde(skip)]
+    a: u8,
+}
+
+fn main() {}