--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+BEGIN{ $ENV{MOUSE_VERBOSE} = 1 }
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More tests => 2;
+
+use Mouse ();
+use Mouse::Meta::Class;
+
+my $meta = Mouse::Meta::Class->create('Banana');
+
+my $warn;
+$SIG{__WARN__} = sub { $warn = "@_" };
+
+$meta->add_attribute('foo');
+like $warn, qr/Attribute \(foo\) of class Banana has no associated methods/,
+ 'correct error message';
+
+$warn = '';
+$meta->add_attribute('bar', is => 'bare');
+is $warn, '', 'add attribute with no methods and is => "bare"';