1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index f36ca763..497644b0 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -4291,6 +4291,7 @@ static val me_case(val form, val menv)
 
 static val me_ecase(val form, val menv)
 {
+  val form_orig = form;
   val casesym = pop(&form);
   val orig_args = form;
   val testform = pop(&form);
@@ -4298,6 +4299,9 @@ static val me_ecase(val form, val menv)
   val clauses = form;
   val lastclause = car(lastcons(clauses));
 
+  if (!orig_args)
+    expand_error(form_orig, lit("~s: missing test form"), casesym, nao);
+
   if (consp(lastclause) && car(lastclause) == t) {
     return cons(tgtsym, orig_args);
   } else {