diff --git a/test/TestInventory.py b/test/TestInventory.py
index 7e442716ddd..1fddfc73cd5 100644
--- a/test/TestInventory.py
+++ b/test/TestInventory.py
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ class TestInventory(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_invalid_range(self):
         Inventory(os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'inventory','test_incorrect_range'))
 
+    @raises(errors.AnsibleError)
+    def test_missing_end(self):
+        Inventory(os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'inventory','test_missing_end'))
+
+
     ###################################################
     ### Inventory API tests
 
diff --git a/test/inventory/test_missing_end b/test/inventory/test_missing_end
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff320424022
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inventory/test_missing_end
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[test]
+host[1:]