diff --git a/absl/time/duration_test.cc b/absl/time/duration_test.cc
index 416bf3ca4eb..573a76ab68f 100644
--- a/absl/time/duration_test.cc
+++ b/absl/time/duration_test.cc
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <limits>
 #include <random>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 #include "gmock/gmock.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ MATCHER_P(TimevalMatcher, tv, "") {
 }
 
 TEST(Duration, ConstExpr) {
+  static_assert(std::is_trivially_destructible<absl::Duration>::value,
+                "Duration is documented as being trivially destructible");
   constexpr absl::Duration d0 = absl::ZeroDuration();
   static_assert(d0 == absl::ZeroDuration(), "ZeroDuration()");
   constexpr absl::Duration d1 = absl::Seconds(1);
diff --git a/absl/time/time_test.cc b/absl/time/time_test.cc
index 69e93e98ee4..6f21008ac8d 100644
--- a/absl/time/time_test.cc
+++ b/absl/time/time_test.cc
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <ios>
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
 
 #include "gmock/gmock.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
@@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ MATCHER_P(TimevalMatcher, tv, "") {
 }
 
 TEST(Time, ConstExpr) {
+  static_assert(std::is_trivially_destructible<absl::Time>::value,
+                "Time is documented as being trivially destructible");
   constexpr absl::Time t0 = absl::UnixEpoch();
   static_assert(t0 == absl::UnixEpoch(), "UnixEpoch");
   constexpr absl::Time t1 = absl::InfiniteFuture();