diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 2c3adb15307f..089cc3ea9574 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ qapi-schema += pragma-doc-required-crap.json
 qapi-schema += pragma-extra-junk.json
 qapi-schema += pragma-name-case-whitelist-crap.json
 qapi-schema += pragma-non-dict.json
+qapi-schema += pragma-unknown.json
 qapi-schema += pragma-returns-whitelist-crap.json
 qapi-schema += qapi-schema-test.json
 qapi-schema += quoted-structural-chars.json
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.err b/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.err
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ef2058316bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.json:1: Unknown pragma 'no-such-pragma'
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.exit b/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.exit
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d00491fd7e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.exit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.json b/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c51bbbb53fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ 'pragma': { 'no-such-pragma': false } }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.out b/tests/qapi-schema/pragma-unknown.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1