diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-scales.R b/tests/testthat/test-scales.R
index 0ba2989e39..f8881a16a7 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-scales.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-scales.R
@@ -731,6 +731,17 @@ test_that("Discrete scales with only NAs return `na.value`", {
   expect_equal(sc$map(x), c(NA_real_, NA_real_))
 })
 
+test_that("continuous scales warn about faulty `limits`", {
+  expect_error(
+    scale_x_continuous(limits = c("A", "B")),
+    "not a character vector"
+  )
+  expect_error(
+    scale_x_continuous(limits = 1:3),
+    "length 2, not length 3"
+  )
+})
+
 test_that("discrete scales work with NAs in arbitrary positions", {
   # Prevents intermediate caching of palettes
   map <- function(x, limits) {