diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/jbuild b/test/blackbox-tests/jbuild
index e2ec9dac..e4e05d3d 100644
--- a/test/blackbox-tests/jbuild
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/jbuild
@@ -358,3 +358,13 @@
      (progn
       (run ${exe:cram.exe} run.t)
       (diff? run.t run.t.corrected)))))))
+
+(alias
+ ((name runtest)
+  (deps ((files_recursively_in test-cases/exclude-missing-module)))
+  (action
+   (chdir test-cases/exclude-missing-module
+    (setenv JBUILDER ${bin:jbuilder}
+     (progn
+      (run ${exe:cram.exe} run.t)
+      (diff? run.t run.t.corrected)))))))
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/exclude-missing-module/jbuild b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/exclude-missing-module/jbuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15366035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/exclude-missing-module/jbuild
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+(library
+ ((name foo)
+  (modules (:standard \ fake))))
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/exclude-missing-module/run.t b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/exclude-missing-module/run.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e863493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/exclude-missing-module/run.t
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  $ $JBUILDER build --display short --root . -j 1
+  File "jbuild", line 1, characters 0-50:
+  Error: Module Fake doesn't exist.
+  [1]