diff --git a/test/ng/httpSpec.js b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
index ae0137943758..1318a742125a 100644
--- a/test/ng/httpSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/httpSpec.js
@@ -1368,6 +1368,20 @@ describe('$http', function() {
               expect(callback.calls.argsFor(1)[0].data).toEqual('{"is": "not"} ["json"]');
             }
           );
+
+          it('should forward json deserialization errors to the http error handler',
+              function() {
+            var errCallback = jasmine.createSpy('error');
+
+            $httpBackend.expect('GET', '/url').respond('abcd', {'Content-Type': 'application/json'});
+            $http({method: 'GET', url: '/url'}).then(callback).catch(errCallback);
+            $httpBackend.flush();
+
+            expect(callback).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+            expect(errCallback).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+            expect(errCallback.calls.mostRecent().args[0]).toEqual(jasmine.any(SyntaxError));
+          });
+
         });