diff --git a/test/unittest/readertest.cpp b/test/unittest/readertest.cpp
index bccfbd6..b9a5adc 100644
--- a/test/unittest/readertest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/readertest.cpp
@@ -1041,6 +1041,15 @@ TEST(Reader, IterativeParsing_ErrorHandling) {
     TESTERRORHANDLING("{\"a\"}", kParseErrorObjectMissColon, 4u);
     TESTERRORHANDLING("{\"a\": 1", kParseErrorObjectMissCommaOrCurlyBracket, 7u);
     TESTERRORHANDLING("[1 2 3]", kParseErrorArrayMissCommaOrSquareBracket, 3u);
+
+    // Any JSON value can be a valid root element in RFC7159.
+    TESTERRORHANDLING("\"ab", kParseErrorStringMissQuotationMark, 2u);
+    TESTERRORHANDLING("truE", kParseErrorValueInvalid, 3u);
+    TESTERRORHANDLING("False", kParseErrorValueInvalid, 0u);
+    TESTERRORHANDLING("true, false", kParseErrorDocumentRootNotSingular, 4u);
+    TESTERRORHANDLING("false, false", kParseErrorDocumentRootNotSingular, 5u);
+    TESTERRORHANDLING("nulL", kParseErrorValueInvalid, 3u);
+    TESTERRORHANDLING("null , null", kParseErrorDocumentRootNotSingular, 5u);
 }
 
 template<typename Encoding = UTF8<> >