diff --git a/test/10-verify.spec.js b/test/10-verify.spec.js
index 7e7c2e70..8a94133a 100644
--- a/test/10-verify.spec.js
+++ b/test/10-verify.spec.js
@@ -470,6 +470,27 @@ describe('verify API (credentials)', () => {
       }
       result.verified.should.be.false;
     });
+    it('should not run checkStatus on a vc with out a credentialStatus',
+      async () => {
+        const credential = jsonld.clone(mockCredential);
+        const verifiableCredential = await vc.issue({
+          credential,
+          suite,
+          documentLoader
+        });
+        const result = await vc.verifyCredential({
+          credential: verifiableCredential,
+          controller: assertionController,
+          suite,
+          documentLoader,
+          // ensure any checkStatus call will fail verification
+          checkStatus: async () => ({verified: false})
+        });
+        if(result.error) {
+          throw result.error;
+        }
+        result.verified.should.be.true;
+      });
     it('should fail to verify a changed derived vc', async () => {
       const proofId = `urn:uuid:${uuid()}`;
       // setup ecdsa-sd-2023 suite for signing selective disclosure VCs