diff --git a/hcl2template/testdata/variables/validation/invalid_default.pkr.hcl b/hcl2template/testdata/variables/validation/invalid_default.pkr.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fafe369f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hcl2template/testdata/variables/validation/invalid_default.pkr.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+
+variable "image_id" {
+  type    = string
+  default = "potato"
+  validation {
+    condition     = length(var.image_id) > 4 && substr(var.image_id, 0, 4) == "ami-"
+    error_message = "The image_id value must be a valid AMI id, starting with \"ami-\"."
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hcl2template/testdata/variables/validation/valid.pkr.hcl b/hcl2template/testdata/variables/validation/valid.pkr.hcl
index a0bbe2cf5..e17aa7193 100644
--- a/hcl2template/testdata/variables/validation/valid.pkr.hcl
+++ b/hcl2template/testdata/variables/validation/valid.pkr.hcl
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ variable "image_id" {
     condition     = length(var.image_id) > 4 && substr(var.image_id, 0, 4) == "ami-"
     error_message = "The image_id value must be a valid AMI id, starting with \"ami-\"."
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}