diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 86d8779..9b2826d 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,11 +20,19 @@ set(OVNI_TEST_BUILD_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/test")
 macro(ovni_test name driver)
   add_executable("${name}" "${name}.c")
   target_link_libraries("${name}" ovni)
+
   add_test(NAME "${name}"
     COMMAND "${OVNI_TEST_SOURCE_DIR}/${driver}" "${name}"
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${OVNI_TEST_BUILD_DIR}")
-  set_tests_properties("${name}"
-    PROPERTIES RUN_SERIAL TRUE)
+
+  if("${name}" MATCHES ".*-bad")
+    set_tests_properties("${name}"
+      PROPERTIES RUN_SERIAL TRUE WILL_FAIL TRUE)
+  else()
+    set_tests_properties("${name}"
+      PROPERTIES RUN_SERIAL TRUE)
+  endif()
+
 endmacro()
 
 ovni_test("flush" "driver.sh")
@@ -32,3 +40,4 @@ ovni_test("flush-overhead" "driver.sh")
 ovni_test("mp-simple" "mp-driver.sh")
 ovni_test("mp-rank" "mp-driver.sh")
 ovni_test("nosv-nested-tasks" "driver.sh")
+ovni_test("nosv-nested-tasks-bad" "driver.sh")
diff --git a/test/nosv-nested-tasks-bad.c b/test/nosv-nested-tasks-bad.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c507d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/nosv-nested-tasks-bad.c
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2022 Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include "ovni.h"
+#include "compat.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+static void
+fail(const char *msg)
+{
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", msg);
+	abort();
+}
+
+static inline void
+emit_ev(char *mcv)
+{
+	struct ovni_ev ev = { 0 };
+
+	ovni_ev_set_mcv(&ev, mcv);
+	ovni_ev_set_clock(&ev, ovni_clock_now());
+	ovni_ev_emit(&ev);
+}
+
+#define INSTR_3ARG(name, mcv, ta, a, tb, b, tc, c)               \
+	static inline void name(ta a, tb b, tc c)                \
+	{                                                        \
+		struct ovni_ev ev = {0};                         \
+		ovni_ev_set_mcv(&ev, mcv);                       \
+		ovni_ev_set_clock(&ev, ovni_clock_now());        \
+		ovni_payload_add(&ev, (uint8_t *)&a, sizeof(a)); \
+		ovni_payload_add(&ev, (uint8_t *)&b, sizeof(b)); \
+		ovni_payload_add(&ev, (uint8_t *)&c, sizeof(c)); \
+		ovni_ev_emit(&ev);                                    \
+	}
+
+INSTR_3ARG(instr_thread_execute, "OHx", int32_t, cpu, int32_t, creator_tid, uint64_t, tag)
+
+static inline void
+instr_thread_end(void)
+{
+	struct ovni_ev ev = {0};
+
+	ovni_ev_set_mcv(&ev, "OHe");
+	ovni_ev_set_clock(&ev, ovni_clock_now());
+	ovni_ev_emit(&ev);
+
+	/* Flush the events to disk before killing the thread */
+	ovni_flush();
+}
+
+static inline void
+instr_start(int rank, int nranks)
+{
+	char hostname[HOST_NAME_MAX];
+
+	if(gethostname(hostname, HOST_NAME_MAX) != 0)
+		fail("gethostname failed");
+
+	ovni_proc_init(1, hostname, getpid());
+
+	ovni_proc_set_rank(rank, nranks);
+
+	ovni_thread_init(gettid());
+
+	/* Only the rank 0 inform about all CPUs */
+	if(rank == 0)
+	{
+		/* Fake nranks cpus */
+		for(int i=0; i < nranks; i++)
+			ovni_add_cpu(i, i);
+	}
+
+	int curcpu = rank;
+
+	fprintf(stderr, "thread %d has cpu %d (ncpus=%d)\n",
+			gettid(), curcpu, nranks);
+
+	instr_thread_execute(curcpu, -1, 0);
+}
+
+static inline void
+instr_end(void)
+{
+	instr_thread_end();
+	ovni_thread_free();
+	ovni_proc_fini();
+}
+
+static void
+task_begin(int32_t id, int us)
+{
+	int32_t typeid = 1;
+	struct ovni_ev ev = {0};
+
+	ovni_ev_set_mcv(&ev, "VTc");
+	ovni_ev_set_clock(&ev, ovni_clock_now());
+	ovni_payload_add(&ev, (uint8_t *) &id, sizeof(id));
+	ovni_payload_add(&ev, (uint8_t *) &typeid, sizeof(id));
+	ovni_ev_emit(&ev);
+
+	memset(&ev, 0, sizeof(ev));
+
+	ovni_ev_set_mcv(&ev, "VTx");
+	ovni_ev_set_clock(&ev, ovni_clock_now());
+	ovni_payload_add(&ev, (uint8_t *) &id, sizeof(id));
+	ovni_ev_emit(&ev);
+
+	usleep(us);
+}
+
+int
+main(void)
+{
+	instr_start(0, 1);
+
+	/* Create two nested tasks with the same task_id: this should
+	 * fail */
+	task_begin(1, 500);
+	task_begin(1, 500);
+
+	instr_end();
+
+	return 0;
+}
+