diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/cast.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/cast.rs
index 61bac0eb2c22e..1c0656d38e8e9 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/cast.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/cast.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ async fn execute_sql(sql: &str) -> Vec<RecordBatch> {
     execute_to_batches(&ctx, sql).await
 }
 
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn cast_failure() -> Result<()> {
+    let actual = execute_sql("SELECT cast(c as varchar) FROM (SELECT 1 as c)").await;
+    assert_eq!(&DataType::Utf8, actual[0].schema().field(0).data_type());
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn cast_tinyint() -> Result<()> {
     let actual = execute_sql("SELECT cast(10 as tinyint)").await;