diff --git a/tests/error/type_errors/not_unpackable.err b/tests/error/type_errors/not_unpackable.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f4cb981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error/type_errors/not_unpackable.err
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Error: Unpackable (at $FILE:6:9)
+  | 
+4 | @compile_guppy
+5 | def foo() -> int:
+6 |     a, = 1
+  |          ^ Expression of type `int` cannot be unpacked
+
+Guppy compilation failed due to 1 previous error
diff --git a/tests/error/type_errors/not_unpackable.py b/tests/error/type_errors/not_unpackable.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d66ab9cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error/type_errors/not_unpackable.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from tests.util import compile_guppy
+
+
+@compile_guppy
+def foo() -> int:
+    a, = 1
+    return a
diff --git a/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_generic_size.err b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_generic_size.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37925025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_generic_size.err
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Error: Unpackable (at $FILE:11:13)
+   | 
+ 9 | @guppy(module)
+10 | def foo(xs: array[int, n]) -> int:
+11 |     a, *bs = xs
+   |              ^^ Expression of type `array[int, n]` cannot be unpacked
+
+Note: Unpacking of iterable types like `array[int, n]` is only allowed if the
+number of items yielded by the iterator is statically known. Here, the number of
+items `n` is generic and can change between different function invocations.
+
+Guppy compilation failed due to 1 previous error
diff --git a/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_generic_size.py b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_generic_size.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb7d8013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_generic_size.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from guppylang import GuppyModule, guppy
+from guppylang.std.builtins import array
+
+
+module = GuppyModule('main')
+n = guppy.nat_var("n", module=module)
+
+
+@guppy(module)
+def foo(xs: array[int, n]) -> int:
+    a, *bs = xs
+    return a
+
+
+module.compile()
diff --git a/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_non_static.err b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_non_static.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4624983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_non_static.err
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Error: Unpackable (at $FILE:6:13)
+  | 
+4 | @compile_guppy
+5 | def foo(xs: list[int]) -> int:
+6 |     a, *bs = xs
+  |              ^^ Expression of type `list[int]` cannot be unpacked
+
+Note: Unpacking of iterable types like `list[int]` is only allowed if the number
+of items yielded by the iterator is statically known. This is not the case for
+`list[int]`.
+
+Guppy compilation failed due to 1 previous error
diff --git a/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_non_static.py b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_non_static.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2bc46f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_non_static.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from tests.util import compile_guppy
+
+
+@compile_guppy
+def foo(xs: list[int]) -> int:
+    a, *bs = xs
+    return a
diff --git a/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_tuple_starred.err b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_tuple_starred.err
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02a10599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_tuple_starred.err
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Error: Invalid starred unpacking (at $FILE:6:8)
+  | 
+4 | @compile_guppy
+5 | def foo() -> int:
+6 |     a, *bs = 1, 2, True
+  |         ^^ Expression of type `(int, int, bool)` cannot be collected
+  |            into a starred assignment since the yielded items
+  |            have different types
+
+Guppy compilation failed due to 1 previous error
diff --git a/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_tuple_starred.py b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_tuple_starred.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c5c845b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/error/type_errors/unpack_tuple_starred.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from tests.util import compile_guppy
+
+
+@compile_guppy
+def foo() -> int:
+    a, *bs = 1, 2, True
+    return a
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_unpack.py b/tests/integration/test_unpack.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9cbe991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/test_unpack.py
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+from guppylang.decorator import guppy
+from guppylang.module import GuppyModule
+from guppylang.std.builtins import array, owned
+
+from guppylang.std.quantum import qubit
+
+
+def test_unpack_array(validate):
+    module = GuppyModule("test")
+    module.load(qubit)
+
+    @guppy(module)
+    def main(qs: array[qubit, 3] @ owned) -> tuple[qubit, qubit, qubit]:
+        q1, q2, q3 = qs
+        return q1, q2, q3
+
+    # validate(module.compile())
+    module.check()
+
+
+def test_unpack_starred(validate):
+    module = GuppyModule("test")
+    module.load(qubit)
+
+    @guppy(module)
+    def main(
+        qs: array[qubit, 10] @ owned,
+    ) -> tuple[qubit, qubit, qubit, qubit, qubit, qubit, array[qubit, 4]]:
+        q1, q2, *qs, q3 = qs
+        [q4, *qs] = qs
+        *qs, q5, q6 = qs
+        [*qs] = qs
+        return q1, q2, q3, q4, q5, q6, qs
+
+    # validate(module.compile())
+    module.check()
+
+
+def test_unpack_starred_empty(validate):
+    module = GuppyModule("test")
+    module.load(qubit)
+
+    @guppy(module)
+    def main(qs: array[qubit, 2] @ owned) -> tuple[qubit, array[qubit, 0], qubit]:
+        q1, *empty, q2 = qs
+        return q1, empty, q2
+
+    # validate(module.compile())
+    module.check()
+
+
+def test_unpack_big_iterable(validate):
+    # Test that the compile-time doesn't scale with the size of the unpacked iterable
+    module = GuppyModule("test")
+    module.load(qubit)
+
+    @guppy(module)
+    def main(qs: array[qubit, 1000] @ owned) -> tuple[qubit, array[qubit, 998], qubit]:
+        q1, *qs, q2 = qs
+        return q1, qs, q2
+
+    # validate(module.compile())
+    module.check()
+
+
+def test_unpack_range(validate, run_int_fn):
+    module = GuppyModule("test")
+
+    @guppy(module)
+    def main() -> int:
+        [_, x, *_, y, _] = range(10)
+        return x + y
+
+    module.check()
+    # compiled = module.compile()
+    # validate(compiled)
+    # TODO: Enable execution test once array lowering is fully supported
+    # run_int_fn(compiled, expected=9)
+
+
+def test_unpack_tuple_starred(validate, run_int_fn):
+    module = GuppyModule("test")
+
+    @guppy(module)
+    def main() -> array[int, 2]:
+        x, *ys, z = 1, 2, 3, 4
+        return ys
+
+    # validate(module.compile())
+    module.check()
+
+
+def test_unpack_nested(validate, run_int_fn):
+    module = GuppyModule("test")
+
+    @guppy(module)
+    def main(
+        xs: array[array[array[int, 5], 10], 20],
+    ) -> tuple[
+        array[int, 5],  # x
+        int,  # y
+        array[int, 3],  # z
+        array[array[int, 5], 8],  # a
+        array[array[array[int, 5], 10], 18],  # b
+        array[array[int, 5], 10],  # c
+    ]:
+        (x, [y, *z, _], *a), *b, c = xs
+        return x, y, z, a, b, c
+
+    # validate(module.compile())
+    module.check()