diff --git a/tests/grib_filter.sh b/tests/grib_filter.sh
index e2e52bae5..e85d5727b 100755
--- a/tests/grib_filter.sh
+++ b/tests/grib_filter.sh
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ cat >$tempFilt <<EOF
   print "pl_scaled=[pl_scaled%.2f]";
 EOF
 ${tools_dir}/grib_filter $tempFilt $input > $tempOut
-cat $tempOut
+
 cat >$tempRef <<EOF
 pl_scaled=2.00 2.70 3.60 4.00 4.50 5.00 6.00 6.40 
 7.20 7.50 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.60 10.00 10.80 
@@ -242,6 +242,21 @@ EOF
 diff $tempRef $tempOut
 
 
+echo "Test IEEE float overflow"
+# -----------------------------------------
+input="${samp_dir}/GRIB2.tmpl"
+cat >$tempFilt <<EOF
+  set values={ 5.4e100 };
+  write;
+EOF
+set +e
+${tools_dir}/grib_filter $tempFilt $input 2> $tempOut
+status=$?
+set -e
+[ $status -ne 0 ]
+grep -q "ECCODES ERROR.*Number is too large" $tempOut
+
+
 # Clean up
 rm -f $tempGrib $tempFilt $tempOut $tempRef
 rm -f ${data_dir}/formatint.rules ${data_dir}/binop.rules