diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_acc_test.go b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_acc_test.go
index 846ab0c3d..4a471082e 100644
--- a/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_acc_test.go
+++ b/provisioner/powershell/provisioner_acc_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ func TestAccPowershellProvisioner_Script(t *testing.T) {
 	acc.TestProvisionersAgainstBuilders(&testProvisioner, t)
 }
 
+func TestPowershellProvisioner_Invalid(t *testing.T) {
+	acc.TestProvisionersPreCheck(TestProvisionerName, t)
+
+	// This test should fail with a non-zero exit code. To assert the failure the fixture
+	// uses the valid_exit_codes option to confirm a non-zero exit code
+	testProvisioner := PowershellProvisionerAccTest{"powershell-provisioner-invalid.txt"}
+	acc.TestProvisionersAgainstBuilders(&testProvisioner, t)
+}
+
 type PowershellProvisionerAccTest struct {
 	ConfigName string
 }
diff --git a/provisioner/powershell/test-fixtures/powershell-provisioner-invalid.txt b/provisioner/powershell/test-fixtures/powershell-provisioner-invalid.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..836d9c5cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/powershell/test-fixtures/powershell-provisioner-invalid.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "type": "powershell",
+  "inline": "this is not a valid powershell command",
+  "valid_exit_codes": ["1"]
+}