diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index 5293a6a3bfc..9bfae93fd73 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ def test_media_file_upload_to_from_json(self):
         self.assertEqual(500, new_upload.chunksize())
         self.assertEqual(b"PNG", new_upload.getbytes(1, 3))
 
+    def test_media_file_upload_raises_on_file_not_found(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(FileNotFoundError):
+            MediaFileUpload(datafile("missing.png"))
+
     def test_media_file_upload_raises_on_invalid_chunksize(self):
         self.assertRaises(
             InvalidChunkSizeError,