diff --git a/test/liberasurecode_test.c b/test/liberasurecode_test.c
index 83fa072..b5dbe2e 100644
--- a/test/liberasurecode_test.c
+++ b/test/liberasurecode_test.c
@@ -437,6 +437,11 @@ static void test_decode_invalid_args()
     // force_metadata_checks results in EINSUFFFRAGS
     assert(rc == -EINSUFFFRAGS);
 
+    rc = liberasurecode_decode(desc, avail_frags, num_avail_frags,
+                               strlen(fake_data), 0,
+                               &decoded_data, &decoded_data_len);
+    assert(rc == -EBADHEADER);
+
     // test with num_fragments < (k)
     num_avail_frags = create_fake_frags_no_meta(&avail_frags, (null_args.k - 1),
                                                 " ", 1);