diff --git a/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig.sh b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+OUTPUT=`${DUB} build --root ${CURR_DIR}/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig 2>&1 || true`
+
+# make sure the proper errors occur in the output
+echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive \"bar\" -> \"baz\" references a package that is not specified as a dependency" > /dev/null
+echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive \"staticlib-simple\" -> \"foo\" references a configuration that does not exist" > /dev/null
+! echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive \"sourcelib-simple\" -> \"library\" references a package that is not specified as a dependency" > /dev/null
+! echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive \"sourcelib-simple\" -> \"library\" references a configuration that does not exist" > /dev/null
+
+# make sure no bogs warnings are issued for packages with no sub configuration directives
+OUTPUT=`${DUB} build --root ${CURR_DIR}/1-exec-simple 2>&1`
+! echo $OUTPUT | grep -c "sub configuration directive.*references" > /dev/null
diff --git a/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/.no_build b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/.no_build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/.no_build
diff --git a/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/dub.sdl b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/dub.sdl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..867864d
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+++ b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/dub.sdl
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+name "test"
+dependency "staticlib-simple" path="../1-staticLib-simple"
+dependency "sourcelib-simple" path="../1-sourceLib-simple"
+targetType "executable"
+
+subConfiguration "staticlib-simple" "foo"
+subConfiguration "bar" "baz"
+subConfiguration "sourcelib-simple" "library"
diff --git a/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/source/app.d b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/source/app.d
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index 0000000..ab73b3a
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+++ b/test/issue1194-warn-wrong-subconfig/source/app.d
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void main() {}