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diff --git a/tests/pipeline/unhandled.py b/tests/pipeline/unhandled.py
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+import os
+import pytest
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from buildstream._exceptions import ErrorDomain
+from tests.testutils.runcli import cli
+
+DATA_DIR = os.path.join(
+    os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
+    'unhandled-error',
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.datafiles(DATA_DIR)
+def test_load_simple(cli, datafiles, tmpdir):
+    basedir = os.path.join(datafiles.dirname, datafiles.basename)
+
+    process = subprocess.Popen(['bst', 'fetch', 'error.bst'],
+                               cwd=basedir, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    try:
+        (stdout, stderr) = process.communicate()
+    except TimeoutExpired:
+        proc.kill()
+        (stdout, stderr) = process.communicate()
+
+    # The process should have caught the exception and explicitly exited with code -1
+    assert process.returncode == 255
+    assert stderr is not None
+
+    expected_error = "BUG\s+preflighterror: Unsatisfied requirements in preflight, raising this error"
+
+    match = re.search(expected_error, stderr.decode("utf-8"))
+    assert match is not None