diff --git a/tests/describe_test.py b/tests/describe_test.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/describe_test.py
+++ b/tests/describe_test.py
@@ -4,3 +4,13 @@ def test_describe(ds_local):
   ds = ds_local
   pdf = ds.describe()
   assert 'class \'str\'' not in str(pdf)
+
+def test_describe_missing():
+    x = np.array([5, '', 1, 4, None, 6 , np.nan, np.nan, 10, '', 0, 0, -13.5])
+    y = np.array([5, -2, 1, 4, 0, 6 , np.nan, np.nan, 10, 42, 0, np.nan, -13.5])
+    df = vaex.from_arrays(x=x, y=y)
+
+    desc_df = df.describe()
+
+    assert desc_df.x.loc['missing'] == 2
+    assert desc_df.y.loc['missing'] == 3
Testing the reported missing values in dataframe.describe()