diff --git a/core/tests/client.rs b/core/tests/client.rs
index d85a972da..9b6b63147 100644
--- a/core/tests/client.rs
+++ b/core/tests/client.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ fn test_rpc_client() {
         solana_clap_utils::version!()
     );
 
+    assert!(client.get_account(&bob_pubkey).is_err());
+
     assert_eq!(client.get_balance(&bob_pubkey).unwrap(), 0);
 
     assert_eq!(client.get_balance(&alice.pubkey()).unwrap(), 1_000_000);
diff --git a/core/tests/rpc.rs b/core/tests/rpc.rs
index 78470cb96..f379105be 100644
--- a/core/tests/rpc.rs
+++ b/core/tests/rpc.rs
@@ -95,3 +95,74 @@ fn test_rpc_send_tx() {
     server.close().unwrap();
     remove_dir_all(ledger_path).unwrap();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_rpc_invalid_requests() {
+    solana_logger::setup();
+
+    let (server, leader_data, _alice, ledger_path) = new_validator_for_tests();
+    let bob_pubkey = Pubkey::new_rand();
+
+    // test invalid get_balance request
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let request = json!({
+       "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+       "id": 1,
+       "method": "getBalance",
+       "params": json!(["invalid9999"])
+    });
+    let rpc_addr = leader_data.rpc;
+    let rpc_string = get_rpc_request_str(rpc_addr, false);
+    let mut response = client
+        .post(&rpc_string)
+        .header(CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json")
+        .body(request.to_string())
+        .send()
+        .unwrap();
+    let json: Value = serde_json::from_str(&response.text().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let the_error = json["error"]["message"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(the_error, "Invalid request");
+
+    // test invalid get_account_info request
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let request = json!({
+       "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+       "id": 1,
+       "method": "getAccountInfo",
+       "params": json!(["invalid9999"])
+    });
+    let rpc_addr = leader_data.rpc;
+    let rpc_string = get_rpc_request_str(rpc_addr, false);
+    let mut response = client
+        .post(&rpc_string)
+        .header(CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json")
+        .body(request.to_string())
+        .send()
+        .unwrap();
+    let json: Value = serde_json::from_str(&response.text().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let the_error = json["error"]["message"].as_str().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(the_error, "Invalid request");
+
+    // test invalid get_account_info request
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    let request = json!({
+       "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+       "id": 1,
+       "method": "getAccountInfo",
+       "params": json!([bob_pubkey.to_string()])
+    });
+    let rpc_addr = leader_data.rpc;
+    let rpc_string = get_rpc_request_str(rpc_addr, false);
+    let mut response = client
+        .post(&rpc_string)
+        .header(CONTENT_TYPE, "application/json")
+        .body(request.to_string())
+        .send()
+        .unwrap();
+    let json: Value = serde_json::from_str(&response.text().unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let the_value = &json["result"]["value"];
+    assert!(the_value.is_null());
+
+    server.close().unwrap();
+    remove_dir_all(ledger_path).unwrap();
+}