diff --git a/test/addons/not-a-binding/binding.gyp b/test/addons/not-a-binding/binding.gyp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7ddad59c1d1683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/addons/not-a-binding/binding.gyp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  'targets': [
+    {
+      'target_name': 'binding',
+      'sources': [ 'not_a_binding.c' ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/addons/not-a-binding/not_a_binding.c b/test/addons/not-a-binding/not_a_binding.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..af8791a1e3479c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/addons/not-a-binding/not_a_binding.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int foo(void) {
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/addons/not-a-binding/test.js b/test/addons/not-a-binding/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a0ce2d0629ac1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/addons/not-a-binding/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const re = /^Error: Module did not self-register\.$/;
+assert.throws(() => require(`./build/${common.buildType}/binding`), re);