diff --git a/src/ir.cpp b/src/ir.cpp
index 5c09e48b2d..b74a99b37d 100644
--- a/src/ir.cpp
+++ b/src/ir.cpp
@@ -16794,7 +16794,9 @@ static IrInstruction *ir_analyze_instruction_slice_type(IrAnalyze *ira,
         case ZigTypeIdPromise:
         case ZigTypeIdVector:
             {
-                if ((err = type_resolve(ira->codegen, child_type, ResolveStatusAlignmentKnown)))
+                ResolveStatus needed_status = (align_bytes == 0) ?
+                    ResolveStatusZeroBitsKnown : ResolveStatusAlignmentKnown;
+                if ((err = type_resolve(ira->codegen, child_type, needed_status)))
                     return ira->codegen->invalid_instruction;
                 ZigType *slice_ptr_type = get_pointer_to_type_extra(ira->codegen, child_type,
                         is_const, is_volatile, PtrLenUnknown, align_bytes, 0, 0, is_allow_zero);
diff --git a/test/stage1/behavior.zig b/test/stage1/behavior.zig
index 707d46fd8c..f477bb64ed 100644
--- a/test/stage1/behavior.zig
+++ b/test/stage1/behavior.zig
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ comptime {
     _ = @import("behavior/bugs/2114.zig");
     _ = @import("behavior/bugs/2346.zig");
     _ = @import("behavior/bugs/2578.zig");
-    _ = @import("behavior/bugs/2689.zig");
     _ = @import("behavior/bugs/394.zig");
     _ = @import("behavior/bugs/421.zig");
     _ = @import("behavior/bugs/529.zig");
diff --git a/test/stage1/behavior/bugs/2689.zig b/test/stage1/behavior/bugs/2689.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index d1c1062ada..0000000000
--- a/test/stage1/behavior/bugs/2689.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-test "slice with alignment" {
-    const S = packed struct {
-        a: u8,
-    };
-
-    var a: []align(8) S = undefined;
-}
diff --git a/test/stage1/behavior/slice.zig b/test/stage1/behavior/slice.zig
index 5fa6c24026..d4a8353ca7 100644
--- a/test/stage1/behavior/slice.zig
+++ b/test/stage1/behavior/slice.zig
@@ -54,3 +54,14 @@ test "comptime slices are disambiguated" {
     expect(sliceSum([_]u8{ 1, 2 }) == 3);
     expect(sliceSum([_]u8{ 3, 4 }) == 7);
 }
+
+test "slice type with custom alignment" {
+    const LazilyResolvedType = struct {
+        anything: i32,
+    };
+    var slice: []align(32) LazilyResolvedType = undefined;
+    var array: [10]LazilyResolvedType align(32) = undefined;
+    slice = &array;
+    slice[1].anything = 42;
+    expect(array[1].anything == 42);
+}