diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_ndarray.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_ndarray.py
index 2446107ad466..7fa570af4923 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_ndarray.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_ndarray.py
@@ -485,6 +485,14 @@ def test_dot():
     assert_almost_equal(c, C.asnumpy(), atol=atol)
 
 
+@raises(mx.base.MXNetError)
+def test_gemm_overflow():
+	# 100 * 6000 * 7000 overflows signed int32
+	a = mx.nd.random.uniform(shape=(100, 6000, 1))
+	b = mx.nd.random.uniform(shape=(100, 1, 7000))
+	c = mx.nd.batch_dot(a, b)
+
+
 @with_seed()
 def test_reduce():
     sample_num = 200