diff --git a/test/scripts/makepkg-template-tests/template-without-version/PKGBUILD b/test/scripts/makepkg-template-tests/template-without-version/PKGBUILD
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4509a1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/makepkg-template-tests/template-without-version/PKGBUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+pkgname=foo
+pkgver=1
+
+build() {
+# template start; name=template-without_version
+make install
+# template end;
+}
diff --git a/test/scripts/makepkg-template-tests/template-without-version/templates/template-without_version.template b/test/scripts/makepkg-template-tests/template-without-version/templates/template-without_version.template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test/scripts/makepkg-template-tests/template-without-version/testcase-config b/test/scripts/makepkg-template-tests/template-without-version/testcase-config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec04f2fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/scripts/makepkg-template-tests/template-without-version/testcase-config
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+arguments+=()
+expected_exitcode=255
+
+IFS="" read -d '' expected_output <<'EOF'
+Couldn't detect version for template 'template-without_version'
+EOF
+
+IFS="" read -d '' expected_result <<'EOF'
+EOF