diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-missing-target-invalid.err b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-missing-target-invalid.err
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6a33f1e8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-missing-target-invalid.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+missing target information for device /dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-missing-target-invalid.xml b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-missing-target-invalid.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49cd73142a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvdata/disk-missing-target-invalid.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<domain type='qemu'>
+  <name>QEMUGuest1</name>
+  <uuid>c7a5fdbd-edaf-9455-926a-d65c16db1809</uuid>
+  <memory unit='KiB'>219136</memory>
+  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>219136</currentMemory>
+  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
+  <os>
+    <type arch='i686' machine='pc'>hvm</type>
+    <boot dev='hd'/>
+  </os>
+  <clock offset='utc'/>
+  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
+  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
+  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
+  <devices>
+    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-i386</emulator>
+    <disk type='block' device='disk'>
+      <source dev='/dev/HostVG/QEMUGuest1'/>
+    </disk>
+    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
+  </devices>
+</domain>
diff --git a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
index 3b331d5fd4..c67214d01e 100644
--- a/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
+++ b/tests/qemuxml2argvtest.c
@@ -1455,6 +1455,7 @@ mymain(void)
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-same-targets",
                         QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_LSI,
                         QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_USB_STORAGE);
+    DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-missing-target-invalid", QEMU_CAPS_SCSI_LSI);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-address-conflict",
                         QEMU_CAPS_ICH9_AHCI);
     DO_TEST_PARSE_ERROR("disk-hostdev-scsi-address-conflict",