diff --git a/tests/openIssues.test.js.skip b/tests/openIssues.test.js.skip
index d224ac9fe..708ff9577 100644
--- a/tests/openIssues.test.js.skip
+++ b/tests/openIssues.test.js.skip
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 const commander = require('../');
 
 describe('open issues', () => {
+  // https://github.com/tj/commander.js/issues/561
+  test('#561: when specify argument and unknown option with no action handler then error', () => {
+    const program = new commander.Command();
+    program
+      .exitOverride()
+      .option('-x, --x-flag', 'A flag')
+      .arguments('<file>');
+
+    expect(() => {
+      program.parse(['node', 'test', '1', '--NONSENSE', '2', '3']);
+    }).toThrow();
+  });
 });