diff --git a/objects/pflash/ccan/container_of/test/compile_fail-var-types.c b/objects/pflash/ccan/container_of/test/compile_fail-var-types.c
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+#include <ccan/container_of/container_of.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+struct foo {
+	int a;
+	char b;
+};
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	struct foo foo = { .a = 1, .b = 2 }, *foop;
+	int *intp = &foo.a;
+
+#ifdef FAIL
+	/* b is a char, but intp is an int * */
+	foop = container_of_var(intp, foop, b);
+#if !HAVE_TYPEOF
+#error "Unfortunately we don't fail if we don't have typeof."
+#endif
+#else
+	foop = NULL;
+#endif
+	(void) foop; /* Suppress unused-but-set-variable warning. */
+	return intp == NULL;
+}