diff --git a/test/val/lib_common_gmtime_localtime.c b/test/val/lib_common_gmtime_localtime.c
index 1e7f9a7b1..f0d9a8332 100644
--- a/test/val/lib_common_gmtime_localtime.c
+++ b/test/val/lib_common_gmtime_localtime.c
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ int main (void)
       fails++;
     }
 
+    tm = localtime(NULL);
+    if (tm != NULL) {
+      printf("localtime should return NULL with a NULL parameter\n");
+      fails++;
+    }
+
     /* Verify conversion both ways */
     for (i = 0; ; i++) {
       time_t t = data[i].t;
@@ -80,7 +86,7 @@ int main (void)
         printf("0x%lx: gmtime: unexpected result: expected %s, got %s\n", t, data[i].gmt, str);
         fails++;
       }
-
+      
       _tz.timezone = 0;
       tm = localtime(&t);
       str = asctime(tm);