diff --git a/test/parse.js b/test/parse.js
index 4e46e40..9dbd6a2 100644
--- a/test/parse.js
+++ b/test/parse.js
@@ -430,6 +430,26 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       });
     });
 
+    it('should fail parsing invalid xml plist', function () {
+      var xml = multiline(function () {
+/*
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
+<plist version="1.0">
+<dict>
+  <key>test</key>
+  <strong>Testing</strong>
+  <key>bar</key>
+  <string></string>
+</dict>
+</plist>
+*/
+      });
+      assert.throws(function () {
+        var parsed = parse(xml);
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should parse an example "Xcode-Info.plist" file', function () {
       var xml = multiline(function () {
 /*