diff --git a/src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c b/src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c
index 077f9bbb6f..bbe1b28643 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c
+++ b/src/cmd/gc/typecheck.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static char* _typekind[] = {
 	[TSTRING]	= "string",
 	[TPTR32]	= "pointer",
 	[TPTR64]	= "pointer",
+	[TUNSAFEPTR]	= "unsafe.Pointer",
 	[TSTRUCT]	= "struct",
 	[TINTER]	= "interface",
 	[TCHAN]		= "chan",
diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug390.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug390.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ee5bc9d6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug390.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// errchk $G -e $D/$F.go
+
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Issue 2627 -- unsafe.Pointer type isn't handled nicely in some errors
+
+package main
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+func main() {
+	var x *int
+	_ = unsafe.Pointer(x) - unsafe.Pointer(x) // ERROR "operator - not defined on unsafe.Pointer"
+}