diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/args b/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/args
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ad0232ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--error-recovery
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/err b/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/err
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3de346d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/err
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Error: Expected pragma, import directive or contract/interface/library/struct/enum definition.
+ --> recovery_ast_empty_contract/input.sol:2:1:
+  |
+2 | c
+  | ^
+
+
+Compilation halted after AST generation due to errors.
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/input.sol b/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/input.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c54a818bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/recovery_ast_empty_contract/input.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pragma 0.5.11;
+c
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