diff --git a/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js b/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
index 5c11be2903c4a7..ee0554c32083f6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-process-kill-pid.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ assert.throws(function() { process.kill(+'not a number'); }, TypeError);
 assert.throws(function() { process.kill(1 / 0); }, TypeError);
 assert.throws(function() { process.kill(-1 / 0); }, TypeError);
 
+// Test that kill throws an error for invalid signal
+
+assert.throws(function() { process.kill(1, 'test'); }, Error);
+
 // Test kill argument processing in valid cases.
 //
 // Monkey patch _kill so that we don't actually send any signals, particularly