diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_flag_build_jobs_bad.pl b/test_regress/t/t_flag_build_jobs_bad.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8432e74c6
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+++ b/test_regress/t/t_flag_build_jobs_bad.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+scenarios(vlt => 1);
+
+top_filename("t/t_flag_werror.v");
+
+lint(
+    fails => 1,
+    verilator_flags => [qw(--build-jobs -1 --build)],
+    expect_filename => $Self->{golden_filename},
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;