diff --git a/winml/test/api/LearningModelAPITest.cpp b/winml/test/api/LearningModelAPITest.cpp
index 04167bd9cb..d7860a99b3 100644
--- a/winml/test/api/LearningModelAPITest.cpp
+++ b/winml/test/api/LearningModelAPITest.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ static void CreateModelFileNotFound() {
     });
 }
 
+static void CreateCorruptModel() {
+  LearningModel learningModel = nullptr;
+
+  WINML_EXPECT_THROW_SPECIFIC(
+    APITest::LoadModel(L"corrupt-model.onnx", learningModel),
+    winrt::hresult_error,
+    [](const winrt::hresult_error& e) -> bool {
+        auto f = __HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(e.code());
+          return e.code() == __HRESULT_FROM_WIN32(ERROR_FILE_CORRUPT);
+    });
+}
+
 static void CreateModelFromIStorage() {
   std::wstring path = FileHelpers::GetModulePath() + L"squeezenet_modifiedforruntimestests.onnx";
   auto storageFile = ws::StorageFile::GetFileFromPathAsync(path).get();
@@ -294,7 +306,8 @@ const LearningModelApiTestsApi& getapi() {
     CloseModelCheckMetadata,
     CloseModelCheckEval,
     CloseModelNoNewSessions,
-    CheckMetadataCaseInsensitive
+    CheckMetadataCaseInsensitive,
+    CreateCorruptModel
   };
   return api;
 }
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diff --git a/winml/test/api/LearningModelAPITest.h b/winml/test/api/LearningModelAPITest.h
index 7658e5df3d..782c54a468 100644
--- a/winml/test/api/LearningModelAPITest.h
+++ b/winml/test/api/LearningModelAPITest.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ struct LearningModelApiTestsApi
   VoidTest CloseModelCheckEval;
   VoidTest CloseModelNoNewSessions;
   VoidTest CheckMetadataCaseInsensitive;
+  VoidTest CreateCorruptModel;
 };
 const LearningModelApiTestsApi& getapi();
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ WINML_TEST(LearningModelAPITests, EnumerateOutputs)
 WINML_TEST(LearningModelAPITests, CloseModelCheckMetadata)
 WINML_TEST(LearningModelAPITests, CloseModelNoNewSessions)
 WINML_TEST(LearningModelAPITests, CheckMetadataCaseInsensitive)
+WINML_TEST(LearningModelAPITests, CreateCorruptModel)
 WINML_TEST_CLASS_END()
 
 WINML_TEST_CLASS_BEGIN(LearningModelAPITestsGpu)
diff --git a/winml/test/collateral/models/corrupt-model.onnx b/winml/test/collateral/models/corrupt-model.onnx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ea96a7114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winml/test/collateral/models/corrupt-model.onnx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+this is not a valid onnx model
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