diff --git a/qcengine/tests/test_harness_canonical.py b/qcengine/tests/test_harness_canonical.py
index a3a22a73d..bdd4aaea3 100644
--- a/qcengine/tests/test_harness_canonical.py
+++ b/qcengine/tests/test_harness_canonical.py
@@ -148,3 +148,24 @@ def test_compute_bad_models(program, model):
 
     with pytest.raises(qcng.exceptions.InputError) as exc:
         ret = qcng.compute(inp, program, raise_error=True)
+
+def test_psi4_restarts(monkeypatch):
+    """
+    Make sure that a random error is raised which can be restarted if psi4 fails with no error message
+    """
+    import msgpack
+    # create the psi4 task
+    inp = AtomicInput(molecule=qcng.get_molecule("hydrogen"), driver="energy", model={"method": "hf", "basis": "6-31G"})
+    def mock_execute(*args, **kwargs):
+        "mock the output of a failed psi4 task with missing error message"
+
+        mock_output = {
+            "sucess": False,
+            "outfiles": {"data.msgpack": msgpack.dumps({"missing": "data"})}
+        }
+        return True, mock_output
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("qcengine.programs.psi4.execute", mock_execute)
+
+    with pytest.raises(qcng.exceptions.RandomError):
+        _ = qcng.compute(input_data=inp, program="psi4", raise_error=True, task_config={"retries": 0})
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