diff --git a/tests/Makefile.in b/tests/Makefile.in
index f94f86eab6..92ab213192 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.in
+++ b/tests/Makefile.in
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ printfbench_printfbench.o: $(srcdir)/benchmarks/printfbench.cpp $(PRINTFBENCH_OD
 # fail
 failtest:
 	@$(RM) test_evthandler.o
-	@for d in GLOBAL STATIC METHOD FUNCTOR DERIVED WRONG_CLASS; do \
+	@for d in GLOBAL STATIC METHOD FUNCTOR NO_HANDLER DERIVED WRONG_CLASS; do \
 	    if $(MAKE) CXXWARNINGS=-DTEST_INVALID_BIND_$$d test_evthandler.o 2>/dev/null; then \
 	        echo "*** Compilation with TEST_INVALID_BIND_$$d unexpectedly succeeded.">&2; \
 	        exit 1; \
diff --git a/tests/events/evthandler.cpp b/tests/events/evthandler.cpp
index 309b34442f..f51360a202 100644
--- a/tests/events/evthandler.cpp
+++ b/tests/events/evthandler.cpp
@@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ void EvtHandlerTestCase::InvalidBind()
     handler.Bind(MyEventType, f);
 #endif
 
+    // the handler can't be omitted when calling Bind()
+#ifdef TEST_INVALID_BIND_NO_HANDLER
+    handler.Bind(MyEventType, &MyHandler::OnMyEvent);
+#endif
+
     // calling a derived class method with a base class pointer must not work
 #ifdef TEST_INVALID_BIND_DERIVED
     struct C1 : wxEvtHandler { };
diff --git a/tests/test.bkl b/tests/test.bkl
index b78a570a0c..ee4e4a4930 100644
--- a/tests/test.bkl
+++ b/tests/test.bkl
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 # fail
 failtest:
 	@$(RM) test_evthandler.o
-	@for d in GLOBAL STATIC METHOD FUNCTOR DERIVED WRONG_CLASS; do \
+	@for d in GLOBAL STATIC METHOD FUNCTOR NO_HANDLER DERIVED WRONG_CLASS; do \
 	    if $(MAKE) CXXWARNINGS=-DTEST_INVALID_BIND_$$d test_evthandler.o 2>/dev/null; then \
 	        echo "*** Compilation with TEST_INVALID_BIND_$$d unexpectedly succeeded.">&2; \
 	        exit 1; \