diff --git a/src/tests/component.cpp b/src/tests/component.cpp
index a3f709b5950814046224a98c9a4a48a900f2836b..1ca010ea2c81dc97cd64aae55461bca02e5f52b7 100644
--- a/src/tests/component.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/component.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ComponentTest : public CPPUNIT_NS :: TestFixture, public BasicTest {
 	CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(ComponentTest);
 	CPPUNIT_TEST(handlePresenceWithNode);
 	CPPUNIT_TEST(handlePresenceWithoutNode);
+	CPPUNIT_TEST(handleErrorPresence);
 	CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
 
 	public:
@@ -56,6 +57,18 @@ class ComponentTest : public CPPUNIT_NS :: TestFixture, public BasicTest {
 		CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, (int) received.size());
 	}
 
+	// Error presence should be ignored
+	void handleErrorPresence() {
+		Swift::Presence::ref response = Swift::Presence::create();
+		response->setTo("localhost");
+		response->setFrom("user@localhost/resource");
+		response->setType(Swift::Presence::Error);
+		dynamic_cast<Swift::ServerStanzaChannel *>(component->getStanzaChannel())->onPresenceReceived(response);
+		
+		loop->processEvents();
+		CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(0, (int) received.size());
+	}
+
 	void handlePresenceWithoutNode() {
 		Swift::Presence::ref response = Swift::Presence::create();
 		response->setTo("localhost");