diff --git a/mysql-test/r/union.result b/mysql-test/r/union.result
index 8ad0d8c6589..0745f082993 100644
--- a/mysql-test/r/union.result
+++ b/mysql-test/r/union.result
@@ -197,3 +197,5 @@ a
 11
 set SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=DEFAULT;
 drop table t1,t2;
+select * union select 1;
+No tables used
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/union.test b/mysql-test/t/union.test
index c547d25ba9b..f43308f2f55 100644
--- a/mysql-test/t/union.test
+++ b/mysql-test/t/union.test
@@ -98,3 +98,6 @@ set SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=2;
 (select * from t1 limit 1) union (select * from t2 limit 3);
 set SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=DEFAULT;
 drop table t1,t2;
+
+--error 1096
+select * union select 1;