diff --git a/ase/test/awk/err-001.out b/ase/test/awk/err-001.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b4c838b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/test/awk/err-001.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ERROR: cannot parse program - line 2 [35] invalid character '
diff --git a/ase/test/awk/err-en.data b/ase/test/awk/err-en.data
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43684d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ase/test/awk/err-en.data
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+data 1
+data 2
diff --git a/ase/test/awk/regress.sh b/ase/test/awk/regress.sh
index ee44d722..c16b3183 100755
--- a/ase/test/awk/regress.sh
+++ b/ase/test/awk/regress.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ run_init()
 	do
 		run_script_for_init "$script" "cou-en.data"
 	done
+
+	for script in err-???.awk
+	do
+		run_script_for_init "$script" "err-en.data"
+	done
 }
 
 run_script_for_test()
@@ -83,6 +88,24 @@ run_test()
 		fi
 	done
 
+	for script in err-???.awk
+	do
+		run_script_for_test "$script" "err-en.data"
+		if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+		then
+			echo "###################################"
+			echo "PROBLEM(S) DETECTED IN $script.".
+			echo "###################################"
+
+			echo "Do you want to abort? [y/n]"
+			read ans
+			if [ "$ans" = "y" -o "$ans" = "Y" ]
+			then
+				return 1
+			fi
+		fi
+	done
+
 	return 0
 }