diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Cache/CacheTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Cache/CacheTest.php
index f381b9b6b42..94b84b2139f 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Cache/CacheTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Cache/CacheTest.php
@@ -96,6 +96,27 @@ public function testCacheEngineFallback()
         unlink($filename);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * tests you can disable Cache::engine() fallback
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testCacheEngineFallbackDisabled()
+    {
+        $this->expectException(Error::class);
+
+        $filename = tempnam(TMP, 'tmp_');
+
+        Cache::setConfig('tests', [
+            'engine' => 'File',
+            'path' => $filename,
+            'prefix' => 'test_',
+            'fallback' => false
+        ]);
+
+        $engine = Cache::engine('tests');
+    }
+
     /**
      * tests handling misconfiguration of fallback
      *