diff --git a/test/parallel/test-crypto-keygen.js b/test/parallel/test-crypto-keygen.js
index af60c662f9340d..e9fe630dd72e84 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-crypto-keygen.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-crypto-keygen.js
@@ -358,6 +358,16 @@ function convertDERToPEM(label, der) {
   });
 }
 
+{
+  // Test keygen without options object.
+  common.expectsError(() => generateKeyPair('rsa', common.mustNotCall()), {
+    type: TypeError,
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+    message: 'The "options" argument must be of ' +
+      'type object. Received type undefined'
+  });
+}
+
 {
   // Missing / invalid publicKeyEncoding.
   for (const enc of [undefined, null, 0, 'a', true]) {