diff --git a/test/models/invalid/crash-30d6d0f7c529b3b66b4131700b7a4580cd7082df.ply b/test/models/invalid/crash-30d6d0f7c529b3b66b4131700b7a4580cd7082df.ply
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..948f5bcf9
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/models/invalid/crash-30d6d0f7c529b3b66b4131700b7a4580cd7082df.ply differ
diff --git a/test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp b/test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp
index 1f733c0e7..13c90fc47 100644
--- a/test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp
+++ b/test/unit/utPLYImportExport.cpp
@@ -196,3 +196,10 @@ TEST_F(utPLYImportExport, parseErrorTest) {
     const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFileFromMemory(test_file, strlen(test_file), 0);
     EXPECT_NE(nullptr, scene);
 }
+
+// This file is invalid, we just want to ensure that the importer is not crashing
+TEST_F(utPLYImportExport, parseInvalid) {
+    Assimp::Importer importer;
+    const aiScene *scene = importer.ReadFile(ASSIMP_TEST_MODELS_DIR "/invalid/crash-30d6d0f7c529b3b66b4131700b7a4580cd7082df.ply", 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, scene);
+}