diff --git a/tests/unit-tests/security/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp b/tests/unit-tests/security/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp
index 9948c01..27f5c8d 100644
--- a/tests/unit-tests/security/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp
+++ b/tests/unit-tests/security/test-encode-decode-certificate.cpp
@@ -339,6 +339,42 @@
   BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(RSA_CERT_INFO, rsaCertInfo);
 }
 
+const uint8_t WRONG_CERT[] = { // first byte is wrong and an error will be thrown out
+0x31, 0x82, 0x01, 0x63, 0x30, 0x22, 0x18, 0x0f, 0x32, 0x30, 0x31, 0x33, 0x31, 0x31, 0x30,
+0x31, 0x31, 0x37, 0x31, 0x31, 0x32, 0x32, 0x5a, 0x18, 0x0f, 0x32, 0x30, 0x31, 0x34, 0x31,
+0x31, 0x30, 0x31, 0x31, 0x37, 0x31, 0x31, 0x32, 0x32, 0x5a, 0x30, 0x19, 0x30, 0x17, 0x06,
+0x03, 0x55, 0x04, 0x29, 0x13, 0x10, 0x4e, 0x44, 0x4e, 0x20, 0x54, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, 0x62,
+0x65, 0x64, 0x20, 0x52, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x30, 0x82, 0x01, 0x20, 0x30, 0x0d, 0x06, 0x09,
+0x2a, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xf7, 0x0d, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x05, 0x00, 0x03, 0x82, 0x01, 0x0d,
+0x00, 0x30, 0x82, 0x01, 0x08, 0x02, 0x82, 0x01, 0x01, 0x00, 0xd3, 0xac, 0x7e, 0x7a, 0x5c,
+0x33, 0x58, 0x21, 0xda, 0xe0, 0x8d, 0xdb, 0xca, 0xb6, 0x02, 0x30, 0x02, 0x15, 0xc5, 0x0a,
+0x51, 0x54, 0xbb, 0x8e, 0x5e, 0x9d, 0x21, 0xf8, 0x14, 0xbe, 0xe4, 0x63, 0x60, 0x31, 0x53,
+0xe2, 0xef, 0xee, 0x34, 0xa3, 0x8c, 0xd2, 0x24, 0x6f, 0xa4, 0x89, 0x4f, 0x02, 0x20, 0x7d,
+0x66, 0xb6, 0x3f, 0x11, 0x40, 0x0c, 0xc1, 0x5f, 0xd8, 0x45, 0x23, 0x95, 0x40, 0xc8, 0xe0,
+0xbc, 0x9d, 0x2f, 0x03, 0xf1, 0x83, 0x9f, 0x07, 0x0b, 0x76, 0xc9, 0x10, 0xd9, 0x3e, 0x0b,
+0x75, 0x13, 0x93, 0xe9, 0xc9, 0x85, 0x01, 0x88, 0x36, 0x2e, 0xab, 0xfc, 0xe6, 0x24, 0x32,
+0xfc, 0xc6, 0x3c, 0x40, 0x97, 0x1a, 0xcc, 0xcd, 0x53, 0xaa, 0x0f, 0xfb, 0xa3, 0xfe, 0xf9,
+0x24, 0x70, 0x13, 0x3f, 0x4f, 0x5b, 0x7d, 0x43, 0xaa, 0x75, 0x0a, 0x94, 0x72, 0xab, 0xe1,
+0x8c, 0x45, 0xb5, 0x78, 0x10, 0x01, 0xef, 0x1f, 0xb3, 0x05, 0x6f, 0xa6, 0xc3, 0xac, 0x7f,
+0x6d, 0xf0, 0x31, 0xc4, 0x83, 0xb3, 0x4f, 0x50, 0x26, 0x92, 0x40, 0x1a, 0xdd, 0xec, 0xfb,
+0xcb, 0xef, 0x63, 0xfe, 0x41, 0xd8, 0x8d, 0x1f, 0xdc, 0xec, 0xfc, 0x48, 0x95, 0xcc, 0x09,
+0x1e, 0x30, 0x6e, 0x22, 0x9e, 0x24, 0x97, 0x2e, 0xe6, 0x0c, 0xdf, 0x3d, 0x20, 0x32, 0xaa,
+0x9c, 0xc9, 0x45, 0x14, 0xaf, 0xaa, 0xf5, 0x17, 0xd2, 0x01, 0x98, 0x33, 0xbe, 0x2a, 0x9f,
+0x7b, 0x9d, 0x98, 0x7c, 0x54, 0x22, 0xfe, 0x72, 0x72, 0x04, 0xc3, 0x2c, 0xc0, 0x14, 0x0b,
+0xa9, 0x40, 0x7e, 0x46, 0xa1, 0x75, 0x16, 0x1a, 0x27, 0x9e, 0xf2, 0x82, 0x96, 0xc0, 0x7d,
+0xaf, 0x18, 0x75, 0xfb, 0xbb, 0xab, 0x16, 0x66, 0xc0, 0xa9, 0xd7, 0x93, 0x4c, 0x48, 0x6d,
+0xce, 0x0b, 0x88, 0xd4, 0x21, 0x93, 0x84, 0x89, 0x55, 0x05, 0xd5, 0x02, 0x01, 0x11
+};
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DecodeError)
+{
+  ndn::Data data("/tmp");
+  data.setContent(WRONG_CERT, sizeof(WRONG_CERT));
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_THROW(ndn::Certificate certificate(data), Certificate::Error);
+}
+
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
 
 } // namespace ndn