diff --git a/tests/src/actionContainers/NodeJsActionContainerTests.scala b/tests/src/actionContainers/NodeJsActionContainerTests.scala
index 5444b9f..dbbf4a0 100644
--- a/tests/src/actionContainers/NodeJsActionContainerTests.scala
+++ b/tests/src/actionContainers/NodeJsActionContainerTests.scala
@@ -481,6 +481,21 @@
         })
     }
 
+    it should "support rejected promises with no message" in {
+        val (out, err) = withNodeJsContainer { c =>
+            val code = """
+                | function main(args) {
+                |     return new Promise(function (resolve, reject) {
+                |         reject();
+                |     });
+                | }""".stripMargin
+
+            c.init(initPayload(code))._1 should be(200)
+            val (runCode, runRes) = c.run(runPayload(JsObject()))
+            runRes.get.fields.get("error") shouldBe defined
+        }
+    }
+
     it should "support large-ish actions" in {
         val thought = " I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."
         val assignment = "    x = \"" + thought + "\";\n"
diff --git a/tests/src/system/basic/WskBasicNodeTests.scala b/tests/src/system/basic/WskBasicNodeTests.scala
index cb90ca9..29b4811 100644
--- a/tests/src/system/basic/WskBasicNodeTests.scala
+++ b/tests/src/system/basic/WskBasicNodeTests.scala
@@ -132,6 +132,23 @@
             }
     }
 
+    it should "Ensure that returning an empty rejected Promise results in an errored activation" in withAssetCleaner(wskprops) {
+        (wp, assetHelper) =>
+            val name = "jsEmptyRejectPromise"
+
+            assetHelper.withCleaner(wsk.action, name) {
+                (action, _) =>
+                    action.create(name, Some(TestUtils.getTestActionFilename("issue-1562.js")))
+            }
+
+            withActivation(wsk.activation, wsk.action.invoke(name)) {
+                activation =>
+                    val response = activation.response
+                    response.success should be(false)
+                    response.result.get.fields.get("error") shouldBe defined
+            }
+    }
+
     // TODO: remove this tests and its assets when "whisk.js" is removed entirely as it is no longer necessary
     it should "Ensure that whisk.invoke() returns a promise" in withAssetCleaner(wskprops) {
         val expectedDuration = 3.seconds