diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index 07d63e300..0fa6a7219 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -558,6 +558,12 @@ $ZSTD -lv *.zst
 $ZSTD --list *.zst
 $ZSTD --list -v *.zst
 
+$ECHO "\n**** zstd --list/-l error detection tests ****"
+!$ZSTD -l tmp1 tmp1.zst
+!$ZSTD --list tmp*
+!$ZSTD -lv tmp1*
+!$ZSTD --list -v tmp2 tmp23.zst
+
 rm tmp*
 
 if [ "$1" != "--test-large-data" ]; then