diff --git a/test/parser_test.cpp b/test/parser_test.cpp
index edd699e..ecd1b23 100644
--- a/test/parser_test.cpp
+++ b/test/parser_test.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 #include "yaml-cpp/parser.h"
+#include "yaml-cpp/exceptions.h"
 #include "mock_event_handler.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
 
 using YAML::Parser;
 using YAML::MockEventHandler;
+using ::testing::NiceMock;
 using ::testing::StrictMock;
 
 TEST(ParserTest, Empty) {
@@ -14,3 +16,14 @@ TEST(ParserTest, Empty) {
     StrictMock<MockEventHandler> handler;
     EXPECT_FALSE(parser.HandleNextDocument(handler));
 }
+
+TEST(ParserTest, CVE_2017_5950) {
+    std::string excessive_recursion;
+    for (auto i = 0; i != 16384; ++i)
+        excessive_recursion.push_back('[');
+    std::istringstream input{excessive_recursion};
+    Parser parser{input};
+
+    NiceMock<MockEventHandler> handler;
+    EXPECT_THROW(parser.HandleNextDocument(handler), YAML::ParserException);
+}