--- /dev/null
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Fatal;
+
+{
+
+ package Bug;
+ use Moose;
+
+ ::like(
+ ::exception{ has member => (
+ is => 'ro',
+ isa => 'HashRef',
+ traits => ['Hash'],
+ handles => {
+ method => sub { }
+ },
+ );
+ },
+ qr/\QAll values passed to handles must be strings or ARRAY references, not CODE/,
+ 'bad value in handles throws a useful error'
+ );
+}
+
+done_testing;