diff --git a/t/t1308-config-set.sh b/t/t1308-config-set.sh
index 7fdf840b00..9cc678d90b 100755
--- a/t/t1308-config-set.sh
+++ b/t/t1308-config-set.sh
@@ -197,4 +197,15 @@ test_expect_success 'proper error on error in custom config files' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'check line errors for malformed values' '
+	mv .git/config .git/config.old &&
+	test_when_finished "mv .git/config.old .git/config" &&
+	cat >.git/config <<-\EOF &&
+	[alias]
+		br
+	EOF
+	test_expect_code 128 git br 2>result &&
+	test_i18ngrep "fatal: .*alias\.br.*\.git/config.*line 2" result
+'
+
 test_done