diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.cpp b/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a19d5add
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// -*- mode: C++; c-file-style: "cc-mode" -*-
+//
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+// any use, without warranty, 2010 by Wilson Snyder.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+#include <verilated.h>
+#include VM_PREFIX_INCLUDE
+
+//======================================================================
+
+#include "Vt_dpi_export_scope_bad__Dpi.h"
+
+#ifdef NEED_EXTERNS
+extern "C" {
+extern void dpix_task();
+}
+#endif
+
+//======================================================================
+
+unsigned int main_time = 0;
+
+double sc_time_stamp() { return main_time; }
+
+VM_PREFIX* topp = nullptr;
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    topp = new VM_PREFIX;
+
+    Verilated::debug(0);
+
+    topp->eval();
+
+    topp->final();
+    VL_DO_DANGLING(delete topp, topp);
+    return 1;
+}
+
+void dpix_run_tests() {
+    dpix_task();  // Wrong scope
+}
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.out b/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..490d26c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+%Error: unknown:0: Testbench C called 'dpix_task' but this DPI export function exists only in other scopes, not scope 'TOP.t'
+Aborting...
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.pl b/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.pl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5b97a7901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+if (!$::Driver) { use FindBin; exec("$FindBin::Bin/bootstrap.pl", @ARGV, $0); die; }
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2003 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+scenarios(simulator => 1);
+
+compile(
+    v_flags2 => ["--exe $Self->{t_dir}/$Self->{name}.cpp"],
+    make_main => 0,
+    );
+
+execute(
+    fails => 1,
+    expect_filename => $Self->{golden_filename},
+    );
+
+ok(1);
+1;
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.v b/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad45d37e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_dpi_export_scope_bad.v
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// Copyright 2020 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you can
+// redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+// Version 2.0.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+module t;
+   s s();
+
+   import "DPI-C" context function void dpix_run_tests();
+   initial dpix_run_tests();
+endmodule
+
+module s;
+   export "DPI-C" task dpix_task;
+   task dpix_task();
+      $write("Hello in %m\n");
+   endtask
+endmodule   
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_wrapper_context.cpp b/test_regress/t/t_wrapper_context.cpp
index d898c212d..9e203673c 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_wrapper_context.cpp
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_wrapper_context.cpp
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@
 
 #include <verilated.h>
 #include <verilated_cov.h>
+#include "TestCheck.h"
 
 #include VM_PREFIX_INCLUDE
 
 double sc_time_stamp() { return 0; }
 
+int errors = 0;
+
 VerilatedMutex outputMutex;
 
 #ifdef T_WRAPPER_CONTEXT
@@ -89,6 +92,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** env) {
     context0p->traceEverOn(true);
     context1p->traceEverOn(true);
 
+    // error number checks
+    TEST_CHECK_EQ(context0p->errorCount(), 0);
+    TEST_CHECK_EQ(context1p->errorCount(), 0);
+    context0p->errorCount(1);
+    TEST_CHECK_EQ(context0p->errorCount(), 1);
+    context0p->errorCount(0);
+    TEST_CHECK_EQ(context0p->errorCount(), 0);
+
     // instantiate verilated design
     std::unique_ptr<VM_PREFIX> top0p{new VM_PREFIX{context0p.get(), "top0"}};
     std::unique_ptr<VM_PREFIX> top1p{new VM_PREFIX{context1p.get(), "top1"}};
@@ -108,7 +119,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv, char** env) {
 
     // check if both finished
     bool pass = true;
-    if (top0p->done_o && top1p->done_o) {
+    if (errors) {
+        std::cout << "Error: comparison errors" << std::endl;
+        pass = false;
+    } else if (top0p->done_o && top1p->done_o) {
         std::cout << "*-* All Finished *-*" << std::endl;
     } else {
         std::cout << "Error: Early termination!" << std::endl;