diff --git a/test/parallel/test-icu-punycode.js b/test/parallel/test-icu-punycode.js
index 2501b1d86e7b88..35dab6232f34bc 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-icu-punycode.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-icu-punycode.js
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ const { internalBinding } = require('internal/test/binding');
 const icu = internalBinding('icu');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
+// test hasConverter method
+assert(icu.hasConverter('utf-8'),
+       'hasConverter should report coverter exists for utf-8');
+assert(!icu.hasConverter('x'),
+       'hasConverter should report coverter does not exist for x');
+
 const tests = require('../fixtures/url-idna.js');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const wptToASCIITests = require(