diff --git a/test/TestPlayBook.py b/test/TestPlayBook.py
index 1b54ce39de1..5b44302af09 100644
--- a/test/TestPlayBook.py
+++ b/test/TestPlayBook.py
@@ -354,6 +354,34 @@ class TestPlaybook(unittest.TestCase):
       # restore default hash behavior
       C.DEFAULT_HASH_BEHAVIOUR = saved_hash_behavior
 
+   def test_playbook_ignore_errors(self):
+       test_callbacks = TestCallbacks()
+       playbook = ansible.playbook.PlayBook(
+           playbook=os.path.join(self.test_dir, 'playbook-ignore-errors.yml'),
+           host_list='test/ansible_hosts',
+           stats=ans_callbacks.AggregateStats(),
+           callbacks=test_callbacks,
+           runner_callbacks=test_callbacks
+       )
+       actual = playbook.run()
+
+       # if different, this will output to screen
+       print "**ACTUAL**"
+       print utils.jsonify(actual, format=True)
+       expected =  {
+           "localhost": {
+               "changed": 1,
+               "failures": 1,
+               "ok": 1,
+               "skipped": 0,
+               "unreachable": 0
+           }
+       }
+       print "**EXPECTED**"
+       print utils.jsonify(expected, format=True)
+
+       assert utils.jsonify(expected, format=True) == utils.jsonify(actual,format=True)
+
    def _compare_file_output(self, filename, expected_lines):
       actual_lines = []
       with open(filename) as f:
diff --git a/test/playbook-ignore-errors.yml b/test/playbook-ignore-errors.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..02820f855f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/playbook-ignore-errors.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+- hosts: all
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: False
+
+  tasks:
+  - action: command false
+    ignore_errors: true
+  - action: command false