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diff --git a/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/error.bst b/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/error.bst
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index 000000000..a9772770c
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+++ b/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/error.bst
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+kind: import
+description: An element with a failing source at preflight time
+sources:
+- kind: preflighterror
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/errorplugin/preflighterror.py b/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/errorplugin/preflighterror.py
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index 000000000..5d39746d0
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+++ b/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/errorplugin/preflighterror.py
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+from buildstream import Source, SourceError, Consistency
+
+
+class PreflightErrorSource(Source):
+
+    def configure(self, node):
+        pass
+
+    def preflight(self):
+
+        # Raise an untyped exception unconditionally.
+        # This is expected not to be handled and should test the behaviour of
+        # unhandled exceptions going off in the main buildstream application.
+        raise Exception("preflighterror: Unsatisfied requirements in preflight, raising this error")
+
+    def get_unique_key(self):
+        return {}
+
+    def get_consistency(self):
+        return Consistency.CACHED
+
+    def get_ref(self):
+        return None
+
+    def set_ref(self, ref, node):
+        pass
+
+    def fetch(self):
+        pass
+
+    def stage(self, directory):
+        pass
+
+
+def setup():
+    return PreflightErrorSource
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/project.conf b/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/project.conf
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index 000000000..20a234413
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+++ b/tests/pipeline/unhandled-error/project.conf
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+# Basic project configuration that doesnt override anything
+#
+name: pony
+
+# Whitelist the local test Source "errorplugin" to be loaded
+#
+plugins:
+- origin: local
+  path: errorplugin
+  sources:
+    preflighterror: 0
diff --git a/tests/pipeline/unhandled.py b/tests/pipeline/unhandled.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ 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