diff --git a/tests/modeltests/fixtures/fixtures/invalid.json b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/fixtures/invalid.json
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tests/modeltests/fixtures/fixtures/invalid.json
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+[
+    {
+        "pk": "1",
+        "model": "fixtures.article",
+        "fields": {
+            "headline": null,
+            "pub_date": "2006-06-16 13:00:00"
+        }
+    }
+]