diff --git a/wagtail/tests/fixtures/test.json b/wagtail/tests/fixtures/test.json
index b2e0d6f4f..de8b1e27e 100644
--- a/wagtail/tests/fixtures/test.json
+++ b/wagtail/tests/fixtures/test.json
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
         "date_from": "2015-04-22",
         "audience": "public",
         "location": "Ameristralia",
-        "body": "<p>come celebrate the independence of Ameristralia</p>",
+        "body": "<p>come celebrate the independence of Ameristralia <embed embedtype=\"image\" format=\"fullwidth\" id=\"1\" alt=\"where did my image go?\" /></p>",
         "cost": "Free"
     }
 },
diff --git a/wagtail/tests/templates/tests/event_page.html b/wagtail/tests/templates/tests/event_page.html
index fd8f9bd75..a3ccaa718 100644
--- a/wagtail/tests/templates/tests/event_page.html
+++ b/wagtail/tests/templates/tests/event_page.html
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         {% if self.feed_image %}
             {% image self.feed_image width-200 class="feed-image" %}
         {% endif %}
+        {{ self.body|richtext }}
         <p><a href="{% slugurl 'events' %}">Back to events index</a></p>
     </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailimages/tests/tests.py b/wagtail/wagtailimages/tests/tests.py
index 2c75b0611..6df1dba56 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailimages/tests/tests.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailimages/tests/tests.py
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ class TestMissingImage(TestCase):
         response = self.client.get('/events/christmas/')
         self.assertContains(response, '<img src="/media/not-found" width="0" height="0" alt="A missing image" class="feed-image">', html=True)
 
+    def test_rich_text_with_missing_image(self):
+        # the page /events/final-event/ has a missing image in the rich text body
+        response = self.client.get('/events/final-event/')
+        self.assertContains(response, '<img class="richtext-image full-width" src="/media/not-found" width="0" height="0" alt="where did my image go?">', html=True)
+
 
 class TestFormat(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):