diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.out b/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..75e5cbfc60d882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.out
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.vv:22:13: error: cannot copy map: call `move` or `clone` method (or use a reference)
+   20 |         }
+   21 |     }
+   22 |     field := c.translations or { panic('none') }
+      |                ~~~~~~~~~~~~
+   23 | 
+   24 |     opt := get_opt()
+vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.vv:25:14: error: cannot copy map: call `move` or `clone` method (or use a reference)
+   23 | 
+   24 |     opt := get_opt()
+   25 |     variable := opt or { panic('none') }
+      |                 ~~~
+   26 | 
+   27 |     m := {
+vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.vv:30:18: error: cannot copy map: call `move` or `clone` method (or use a reference)
+   28 |         'k': get_opt()
+   29 |     }
+   30 |     index := m['k'] or { panic('none') }
+      |                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+   31 | 
+   32 |     println(field)
diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.vv b/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.vv
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4c2e7195764cbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/tests/option_map_or_unwrap_requires_clone_err.vv
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Or-unwrapping an option map into a new variable is a map copy, so it keeps the
+// `cannot copy map` guard just like `m2 := m1`: an immutable binding is not proof
+// that the unwrapped map is unaliased (e.g. it can wrap a still-mutable map), so
+// V requires an explicit `clone`/`move`, e.g. `x := (c.f or { ... }).clone()`.
+// See vlang/v issue #27867.
+struct Category {
+	translations ?map[string]int
+}
+
+fn get_opt() ?map[string]int {
+	return {
+		'a': 1
+	}
+}
+
+fn main() {
+	c := Category{
+		translations: {
+			'x': 1
+		}
+	}
+	field := c.translations or { panic('none') }
+
+	opt := get_opt()
+	variable := opt or { panic('none') }
+
+	m := {
+		'k': get_opt()
+	}
+	index := m['k'] or { panic('none') }
+
+	println(field)
+	println(variable)
+	println(index)
+}