diff --git a/tests/test_meta_rt_links.py b/tests/test_meta_rt_links.py
index 21f4b5692257dbc98489637e9ac184f9ccc0823a..6f95c2e3c5ac8cf187a658a9de42f0d188b4ea12 100644
--- a/tests/test_meta_rt_links.py
+++ b/tests/test_meta_rt_links.py
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ def test_bad_post_links(hook, link_source, format_error):
     actual = {error.message for error in hook.run(txn)}
     assert expected == actual
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('value', testutil.NON_STRING_METADATA_VALUES)
+def test_bad_metadata_type(hook, value):
+    txn = testutil.Transaction(**{'rt-id': value}, postings=[
+        ('Income:Donations', -5),
+        ('Assets:Cash', 5),
+    ])
+    expected = {'transaction has wrong type of rt-id: expected str but is a {}'.format(
+        type(value).__name__,
+    )}
+    actual = {error.message for error in hook.run(txn)}
+    assert expected == actual
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('ext_doc', [
     'statement.txt',
     'https://example.org/',