diff --git a/test/unit/Cardano/Wallet/BinarySpec.hs b/test/unit/Cardano/Wallet/BinarySpec.hs
index 22f9267ff07..d07860c03cc 100644
--- a/test/unit/Cardano/Wallet/BinarySpec.hs
+++ b/test/unit/Cardano/Wallet/BinarySpec.hs
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ import Data.ByteString
     ( ByteString )
 import Data.ByteString.Base58
     ( bitcoinAlphabet, decodeBase58 )
+import Data.Either
+    ( isLeft )
 import Test.Hspec
-    ( Spec, describe, it, shouldBe )
+    ( Spec, describe, it, shouldBe, shouldSatisfy )
 
 import qualified Codec.CBOR.Decoding as CBOR
 import qualified Codec.CBOR.Read as CBOR
@@ -61,6 +63,17 @@ spec = do
             let decoded = unsafeDeserialiseFromBytes decodeBlock bs
             decoded `shouldBe` block3
 
+        it "should fail to decode a junk block" $ do
+            let junk = mconcat (replicate 100 "junk")
+                decoded = CBOR.deserialiseFromBytes decodeBlock junk
+            decoded `shouldSatisfy` isLeft
+
+        it "should fail to decode a block with block header data" $ do
+            bs <- L8.readFile "test/data/Cardano/Wallet/BinarySpec-block-header-1"
+            let decoded = CBOR.deserialiseFromBytes decodeBlock bs
+            decoded `shouldBe`
+                Left (CBOR.DeserialiseFailure 3 "expected list of length 3")
+
     describe "Encoding Tx" $ do
         let txs = Set.toList (transactions block2 <> transactions block3)
         let roundTripTx tx = do