diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/options/allow-uncaught/within-runner.fixture.js b/test/integration/fixtures/options/allow-uncaught/within-runner.fixture.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebdd3facd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/options/allow-uncaught/within-runner.fixture.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+'use strict';
+
+describe('Uncaught exception within runner', () => {
+  it('test1', () => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      throw new Error('Uncaught error after test1');
+    }, 1);
+  });
+  it('test2', function () { });
+  it('test3', function () { });
+  it('test4', function () { });
+});
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diff --git a/test/integration/options/allowUncaught.spec.js b/test/integration/options/allowUncaught.spec.js
index a3d8739ffe..50724771f3 100644
--- a/test/integration/options/allowUncaught.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/options/allowUncaught.spec.js
@@ -2,11 +2,32 @@
 
 var path = require('path').posix;
 var helpers = require('../helpers');
+var runMocha = helpers.runMocha;
 var runMochaJSON = helpers.runMochaJSON;
 
 describe('--allow-uncaught', function() {
   var args = ['--allow-uncaught'];
 
+  it('should throw an uncaught error within runner', function(done) {
+    var fixture = path.join('options', 'allow-uncaught', 'within-runner');
+    runMocha(
+      fixture,
+      args,
+      function(err, res) {
+        if (err) {
+          return done(err);
+        }
+
+        expect(res.code, 'to be greater than', 0);
+        expect(res.output, 'to contain', 'Uncaught error after test1');
+        expect(res.passing, 'to be', 0);
+        expect(res.failing, 'to be', 0);
+        done();
+      },
+      {stdio: 'pipe'}
+    );
+  });
+
   it('should run with conditional `this.skip()`', function(done) {
     var fixture = path.join('options', 'allow-uncaught', 'this-skip-it');
     runMochaJSON(fixture, args, function(err, res) {