diff --git a/tests/template/invalid_constructs_test.php b/tests/template/invalid_constructs_test.php
index 08fb5d4289..8d54df5014 100644
--- a/tests/template/invalid_constructs_test.php
+++ b/tests/template/invalid_constructs_test.php
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ class phpbb_template_template_test extends phpbb_template_template_test_case
 				array(),
 				'invalid/output/unknown_tag.html',
 			),
+			/*
+			* Produces a parse error which is fatal, therefore
+			* destroying the test suite.
+			array(
+				'ENDIF without IF',
+				'invalid/endif_without_if.html',
+				array(),
+				array(),
+				array(),
+				'invalid/output/endif_without_if.html',
+			),
+			*/
 		);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/template/templates/invalid/endif_without_if.html b/tests/template/templates/invalid/endif_without_if.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e371ffd150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template/templates/invalid/endif_without_if.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!-- ENDIF -->
diff --git a/tests/template/templates/invalid/output/endif_without_if.html b/tests/template/templates/invalid/output/endif_without_if.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f2239c964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/template/templates/invalid/output/endif_without_if.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Parse error (fatal, destroys php runtime).