diff --git a/fabric-client/lib/Channel.js b/fabric-client/lib/Channel.js
index 6d5ba1b007..7836d0abcf 100755
--- a/fabric-client/lib/Channel.js
+++ b/fabric-client/lib/Channel.js
@@ -1414,7 +1414,6 @@ var Channel = class {
 
 		let proposalResponses = request.proposalResponses;
 		let chaincodeProposal = request.proposal;
-		let header            = _commonProto.Header.decode(chaincodeProposal.getHeader());
 
 		// verify that we have an orderer configured
 		if(!this.getOrderers()) {
@@ -1434,9 +1433,18 @@ var Channel = class {
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			endorsements.push(proposalResponse.endorsement);
+			if (proposalResponse && proposalResponse.response && proposalResponse.response.status === 200) {
+				endorsements.push(proposalResponse.endorsement);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if(endorsements.length < 1) {
+			logger.error('sendTransaction - no valid endorsements found');
+			return Promise.reject(new Error('no valid endorsements found'));
 		}
 
+		let header = _commonProto.Header.decode(chaincodeProposal.getHeader());
+
 		var chaincodeEndorsedAction = new _transProto.ChaincodeEndorsedAction();
 		chaincodeEndorsedAction.setProposalResponsePayload(proposalResponse.payload);
 		chaincodeEndorsedAction.setEndorsements(endorsements);
diff --git a/test/integration/events.js b/test/integration/events.js
index 0f9d194b8c..04b70008c8 100644
--- a/test/integration/events.js
+++ b/test/integration/events.js
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ test('Test chaincode instantiate with event, transaction invocation with chainco
 		request = eputil.createRequest(client, channel, the_user, chaincode_id, targets, '', '');
 		request.chaincodePath = 'github.com/events_cc';
 		request.chaincodeVersion = chaincode_version;
+		Client.setConfigSetting('request-timeout', 60000);
 
 		return client.installChaincode(request);
 	}).then((results) => {
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ test('Test chaincode instantiate with event, transaction invocation with chainco
 	}).then((results) => {
 		if ( eputil.checkProposal(results)) {
 			t.pass('Successfully endorsed the instantiate chaincode proposal');
-			var tmo = 50000;
+			var tmo = 60000;
 			return Promise.all([eputil.registerTxEvent(eh, request.txId.getTransactionID().toString(), tmo),
 				eputil.sendTransaction(channel, results)]);
 		} else {
diff --git a/test/unit/channel.js b/test/unit/channel.js
index ae406aa6db..76056fe2dc 100644
--- a/test/unit/channel.js
+++ b/test/unit/channel.js
@@ -965,7 +965,22 @@ test('\n\n ** Channel sendTransaction() tests **\n\n', function (t) {
 		}
 	});
 
-	Promise.all([p1, p2, p3])
+	var p4 = _channel.sendTransaction({
+		proposal: 'blah',
+		proposalResponses: {response : { status : 500}},
+		header: 'blah'
+	})
+	.then(function () {
+		t.fail('Should not have been able to resolve the promise because of missing endorsement');
+	}, function (err) {
+		if (err.message.indexOf('no valid endorsements found') >= 0) {
+			t.pass('Successfully caught missing endorsement error');
+		} else {
+			t.fail('Failed to catch the missing endorsement error. Error: ' + err.stack ? err.stack : err);
+		}
+	});
+
+	Promise.all([p1, p2, p3, p4])
 	.then(
 		function (data) {
 			t.end();