diff --git a/mwclient/page.py b/mwclient/page.py
index 7903436d..75b60018 100644
--- a/mwclient/page.py
+++ b/mwclient/page.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def __init__(self, site, name, info=None, extra_properties=None):
 
         self.touched = parse_timestamp(info.get('touched'))
         self.revision = info.get('lastrevid', 0)
-        self.exists = 'missing' not in info
+        self.exists = 'missing' not in info and 'invalid' not in info
         self.length = info.get('length')
         self.protection = {
             i['type']: (i['level'], i['expiry'])
diff --git a/test/test_page.py b/test/test_page.py
index 4469b212..fbf74f11 100644
--- a/test/test_page.py
+++ b/test/test_page.py
@@ -66,6 +66,26 @@ def test_existing_page(self, mock_site):
 
         assert page.exists is True
 
+    @mock.patch('mwclient.client.Site')
+    def test_invalid_title(self, mock_site):
+        # Check that API page.exists is False for invalid title
+
+        title = '[Test]'
+        mock_site.get.return_value = {
+            "query": {
+                "pages": {
+                    "-1": {
+                        "title": "[Test]",
+                        "invalidreason": "The requested page title contains invalid characters: \"[\".",
+                        "invalid": ""
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        page = Page(mock_site, title)
+
+        assert page.exists is False
+
     @mock.patch('mwclient.client.Site')
     def test_pageprops(self, mock_site):
         # Check that variouse page props are read correctly from API response