diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/args b/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/args
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87444708c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--evm-version=homestead --import-ast --combined-json ast,compact-format --pretty-json
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/err b/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/err
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b86e4997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Failed to import AST: Imported tree evm version differs from configured evm version!
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/exit b/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/exit
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d00491fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/exit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/input.sol b/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/input.sol
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8e59cfa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/ast_json_import_wrong_evmVersion/input.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
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