diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
index b7bfa1a9158..545fe7be95b 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/tests/trace/test_trace.py
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ def test_sampler_no_sampling(self):
 
 
 class TestSpanCreation(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_create_span_invalid_spancontext(self):
+        """If an invalid span context is passed as the parent, the created
+        span should use a new span id.
+        """
+        tracer = trace.Tracer("test_create_span_invalid_spancontext")
+        new_span = tracer.create_span(
+            "root", parent=trace_api.INVALID_SPAN_CONTEXT
+        )
+        self.assertNotEqual(
+            new_span.context.span_id, trace_api.INVALID_SPAN_ID
+        )
+
     def test_start_span_implicit(self):
         tracer = trace.Tracer("test_start_span_implicit")