diff --git a/test/TestInventory.py b/test/TestInventory.py
index d269544c9a..7e442716dd 100644
--- a/test/TestInventory.py
+++ b/test/TestInventory.py
@@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ class TestInventory(unittest.TestCase):
         hosts = inventory.list_hosts("nc:&triangle:!tri_c")
         self.compare(hosts, ['tri_a', 'tri_b'])
 
+    @raises(errors.AnsibleError)
+    def test_invalid_range(self):
+        Inventory(os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'inventory','test_incorrect_range'))
 
     ###################################################
     ### Inventory API tests
diff --git a/test/inventory/test_incorrect_range b/test/inventory/test_incorrect_range
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..272ca7be71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/inventory/test_incorrect_range
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[test]
+host[1:2:3:4]