diff --git a/t/db_dependent/Reports_Guided.t b/t/db_dependent/Reports_Guided.t
index ad34dbd2a8..6633c2fb53 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/Reports_Guided.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/Reports_Guided.t
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 use Modern::Perl;
 
-use Test::More tests => 14;
+use Test::More tests => 15;
 
 use C4::Context;
 
@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@ is_deeply(
     'running a query with a parameter returned the expected result'
 );
 
+# for next test, we want to let execute_query capture any SQL errors
+$dbh->{RaiseError} = 0;
+my $errors;
+($sth, $errors) = execute_query(
+    'SELECT surname FRM borrowers',  # error in the query is intentional
+    0,
+    10,
+);
+ok(
+    defined($errors) && exists($errors->{queryerr}),
+    'attempting to run a report with an SQL syntax error returns error message (Bug 12214)'
+);
+
 #End transaction
 $dbh->rollback;