diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/include-before-err.json b/tests/qapi-schema/include-before-err.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afb6cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/include-before-err.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+{ 'include': 'include-simple-sub.json' }
+{ 'command' 'missing-colon' }