diff --git a/jobspec/parse_test.go b/jobspec/parse_test.go
index 5da56a277..249f83598 100644
--- a/jobspec/parse_test.go
+++ b/jobspec/parse_test.go
@@ -469,6 +469,16 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			false,
 		},
+		{
+			"service-check-bad-header.hcl",
+			nil,
+			true,
+		},
+		{
+			"service-check-bad-header-2.hcl",
+			nil,
+			true,
+		},
 		{
 			// TODO This should be pushed into the API
 			"vault_inheritance.hcl",
diff --git a/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-check-bad-header-2.hcl b/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-check-bad-header-2.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c566925b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-check-bad-header-2.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+job "check_bad_header" {
+    type = "service"
+    group "group" {
+        count = 1
+
+        task "task" {
+          service {
+            tags = ["bar"]
+            port = "http"
+
+            check {
+              name     = "check-name"
+              type     = "http"
+              path     = "/"
+              method   = "POST"
+              interval = "10s"
+              timeout  = "2s"
+              initial_status = "passing"
+
+              header {
+                Authorization = ["ok", 840]
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-check-bad-header.hcl b/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-check-bad-header.hcl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ad3f13ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobspec/test-fixtures/service-check-bad-header.hcl
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+job "check_bad_header" {
+    type = "service"
+    group "group" {
+        count = 1
+
+        task "task" {
+          service {
+            tags = ["bar"]
+            port = "http"
+
+            check {
+              name     = "check-name"
+              type     = "http"
+              path     = "/"
+              method   = "POST"
+              interval = "10s"
+              timeout  = "2s"
+              initial_status = "passing"
+
+              header {
+                Authorization = "Should be a []string!"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+    }
+}
+