diff --git a/tests/fcntl_test.cpp b/tests/fcntl_test.cpp
index d50a438..862f498 100644
--- a/tests/fcntl_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/fcntl_test.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
 
 #include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/silent_death_test.h>
 #include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
 
 // Glibc v2.19 doesn't include these in fcntl.h so host builds will fail without.
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #endif
 
+using fcntl_DeathTest = SilentDeathTest;
+
 TEST(fcntl, fcntl_smoke) {
   int fd = open("/proc/version", O_RDONLY);
   ASSERT_TRUE(fd != -1);
@@ -356,3 +359,7 @@
   ASSERT_EQ(0, close(fd));
 #endif
 }
+
+TEST(fcntl_DeathTest, fcntl_F_SETFD) {
+  EXPECT_DEATH(fcntl(0, F_SETFD, O_NONBLOCK), "non-FD_CLOEXEC");
+}