diff --git a/t/missing-components.t b/t/missing-components.t
index a7494fb..062c71a 100644
--- a/t/missing-components.t
+++ b/t/missing-components.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use Test;
 use URI;
 use IETF::RFC_Grammar::URI;
 
-plan 5;
+plan 6;
 
 ok URI.new(uri=>''), "Empty URI is OK";
 ok URI.new(uri=>'http:'), "Scheme-only URI is OK";
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@ ok URI.new(uri=>'http:'), "Scheme-only URI is OK";
 nok 'foo' ~~ IETF::RFC_Grammar::URI.new().TOP-non-empty, "TOP-non-empty works";
 ok '#foo' ~~ IETF::RFC_Grammar::URI.new().URI-reference, "Relative URIs work";
 ok '' ~~ IETF::RFC_Grammar::URI.new().path-abempty, "path-abempty work";
+nok 'foo:bar_baz' ~~ IETF::RFC_Grammar::URI.new().absolute-URI,
+        "absolute-URI covered"