diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.missing-file/bro..stderr b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.missing-file/bro..stderr
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4380007b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.input.missing-file/bro..stderr
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+error: does-not-exist.dat/Input::READER_ASCII: Init: cannot open does-not-exist.dat
+error: does-not-exist.dat/Input::READER_ASCII: Init failed
+warning: Stream input is already queued for removal. Ignoring remove.
+error: does-not-exist.dat/Input::READER_ASCII: terminating thread
+received termination signal
diff --git a/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/missing-file.bro b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/missing-file.bro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..269e287acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/scripts/base/frameworks/input/missing-file.bro
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# (uses listen.bro just to ensure input sources are more reliably fully-read).
+# @TEST-SERIALIZE: comm
+#
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-run bro bro -b %INPUT
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-bg-wait -k 5
+# @TEST-EXEC: btest-diff bro/.stderr
+
+@load frameworks/communication/listen
+
+global outfile: file;
+global try: count;
+
+module A;
+
+type Val: record {
+	i: int;
+	b: bool;
+};
+
+event line(description: Input::EventDescription, tpe: Input::Event, i: int, b: bool)
+	{
+	}
+
+event bro_init()
+	{
+	try = 0;
+	outfile = open("../out");
+	Input::add_event([$source="does-not-exist.dat", $name="input", $fields=Val, $ev=line]);
+	Input::remove("input");
+	}