diff --git a/tests/Custom/WebDriverTest.php b/tests/Custom/WebDriverTest.php
index a6f71e6d..3863f4d2 100644
--- a/tests/Custom/WebDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Custom/WebDriverTest.php
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 namespace Behat\Mink\Tests\Driver\Custom;
 
 use Behat\Mink\Driver\Selenium2Driver;
+use Behat\Mink\Exception\DriverException;
 use Behat\Mink\Tests\Driver\TestCase;
+use WebDriver\WebDriver;
 
 class WebDriverTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -18,4 +20,21 @@ public function testGetWebDriverSessionId()
         $driver = new Selenium2Driver();
         $this->assertNull($driver->getWebDriverSessionId(), 'Not started session don\'t have an ID');
     }
+
+    public function testUnsupportedStatusResponseHandling(): void
+    {
+        $mockWebDriver = $this->createMock(WebDriver::class);
+        $mockWebDriver->expects($this->once())
+            ->method('__call')
+            ->with($this->equalTo('status'))
+            ->willThrowException(new \RuntimeException('some internal error'));
+
+        $driver = new Selenium2Driver();
+        $driver->setWebDriver($mockWebDriver);
+
+        $this->expectException(DriverException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Selenium Server version could not be detected: some internal error');
+
+        $driver->start();
+    }
 }