--- /dev/null
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use Test::Exception;
+
+use lib 't/lib';
+use DBICTest;
+
+{
+ package DBICTest::Foo;
+ use base "DBIx::Class::Core";
+}
+
+throws_ok { DBICTest::Foo->new("urgh") } qr/must be a hashref/;
+
+done_testing;