diff --git a/ivtest/gold/sv_function_named_return_type_fail-iverilog-stderr.gold b/ivtest/gold/sv_function_named_return_type_fail-iverilog-stderr.gold
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdb13624d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivtest/gold/sv_function_named_return_type_fail-iverilog-stderr.gold
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ivltests/sv_function_named_return_type_fail.v:5: error: `missing_type` is not a type.
+1 error(s) during elaboration.
diff --git a/ivtest/ivltests/sv_function_named_return_type_fail.v b/ivtest/ivltests/sv_function_named_return_type_fail.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89144b0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivtest/ivltests/sv_function_named_return_type_fail.v
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Check that an undefined named function return type fails during elaboration.
+
+module test;
+
+  function missing_type f;
+    f = 0;
+  endfunction
+
+endmodule
diff --git a/ivtest/regress-vvp.list b/ivtest/regress-vvp.list
index dd9a8428f..c5efc29c5 100644
--- a/ivtest/regress-vvp.list
+++ b/ivtest/regress-vvp.list
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ sv_function_call_chain_unit_precedence	vvp_tests/sv_function_call_chain_unit_pre
 sv_function_call_receiver_unit_order	vvp_tests/sv_function_call_receiver_unit_order.json
 sv_function_call_unit_import_precedence	vvp_tests/sv_function_call_unit_import_precedence.json
 sv_function_call_unit_precedence	vvp_tests/sv_function_call_unit_precedence.json
+sv_function_named_return_type_fail	vvp_tests/sv_function_named_return_type_fail.json
 sv_function_statement_order_event_fail	vvp_tests/sv_function_statement_order_event_fail.json
 sv_function_statement_order_parameter_fail	vvp_tests/sv_function_statement_order_parameter_fail.json
 sv_function_statement_order_variable_fail	vvp_tests/sv_function_statement_order_variable_fail.json
diff --git a/ivtest/vvp_tests/sv_function_named_return_type_fail.json b/ivtest/vvp_tests/sv_function_named_return_type_fail.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7484b78bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivtest/vvp_tests/sv_function_named_return_type_fail.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "type"          : "CE",
+    "source"        : "sv_function_named_return_type_fail.v",
+    "gold"          : "sv_function_named_return_type_fail",
+    "iverilog-args" : [ "-g2005-sv" ]
+}