diff --git a/test/test_macros.jl b/test/test_macros.jl
index 46cf93d8c03..ea2c31eb46e 100644
--- a/test/test_macros.jl
+++ b/test/test_macros.jl
@@ -2167,6 +2167,31 @@ function test_expression_container_kwarg()
     return
 end
 
+function test_variable_not_a_variable_name()
+    model = Model()
+    @test_throws_parsetime(
+        ErrorException(
+            "In `@variable(model, x)`: Expected x to be a variable name",
+        ),
+        @variable(model, "x"),
+    )
+    return
+end
+
+function test_variable_set_and_hermitian_matrix_space()
+    model = Model()
+    set = esc(:(HermitianMatrixSpace()))
+    @test_throws_parsetime(
+        ErrorException(
+            "In `@variable(model, x[1:3, 1:3] in HermitianMatrixSpace(), Hermitian)`: " *
+            "Cannot pass `Hermitian` as a positional argument because the " *
+            "variable is already constrained to `$set`.",
+        ),
+        @variable(model, x[1:3, 1:3] in HermitianMatrixSpace(), Hermitian),
+    )
+    return
+end
+
 function test_base_name_escape()
     model = Model()
     x = @variable(model)