diff --git a/tests/verilog/task_attr.ys b/tests/verilog/task_attr.ys
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+read_verilog <<EOT
+module top;
+    task foo;
+    endtask
+
+    always @*
+        (* foo *) foo;
+
+    initial
+        if (0) $info("bar");
+endmodule
+EOT
+# Since task enables are not an RTLIL object,
+#   any attributes on their AST get dropped
+select -assert-none a:* a:src %d
+
+
+logger -expect error "syntax error, unexpected ATTR_BEGIN" 1
+design -reset
+read_verilog <<EOT
+module top;
+    task foo;
+    endtask
+
+    always @*
+        foo (* foo *);
+endmodule
+EOT