diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/error_handling_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/error_handling_test.py
index 935446986500..4d8c2d23dc14 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/error_handling_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/error_handling_test.py
@@ -86,6 +86,32 @@ def test_error_handling_pardo(self):
       assert_that(result, equal_to(['A', 'Bb']), label='CheckGood')
       assert_that(error_pcoll, equal_to(['error: cccc']), label='CheckBad')
 
+  def test_error_handling_pardo_with_exception_handling_kwargs(self):
+    def side_effect(*args):
+      beam._test_error_handling_pardo_with_exception_handling_kwargs_val = True
+
+    def check_side_effect():
+      return getattr(
+          beam,
+          '_test_error_handling_pardo_with_exception_handling_kwargs_val',
+          False)
+
+    self.assertFalse(check_side_effect())
+
+    with beam.Pipeline() as p:
+      pcoll = p | beam.Create(['a', 'bb', 'cccc'])
+      with error_handling.ErrorHandler(
+          beam.Map(lambda x: "error: %s" % x[0])) as error_handler:
+        result = pcoll | beam.Map(
+            exception_throwing_map, limit=3).with_error_handler(
+                error_handler, on_failure_callback=side_effect)
+      error_pcoll = error_handler.output()
+
+      assert_that(result, equal_to(['A', 'Bb']), label='CheckGood')
+      assert_that(error_pcoll, equal_to(['error: cccc']), label='CheckBad')
+
+    self.assertTrue(check_side_effect())
+
   def test_error_on_unclosed_error_handler(self):
     with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, r'.*Unclosed error handler.*'):
       with beam.Pipeline() as p: