diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/javaFX-CE/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFXHighlightingTest.java b/plugins/javaFX/javaFX-CE/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFXHighlightingTest.java
index 875c71cea983..306a9c3b8b33 100644
--- a/plugins/javaFX/javaFX-CE/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFXHighlightingTest.java
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/javaFX-CE/testSrc/org/jetbrains/plugins/javaFX/fxml/JavaFXHighlightingTest.java
@@ -303,6 +303,10 @@ public class JavaFXHighlightingTest extends AbstractJavaFXTestCase {
     doTest();
   }
 
+  public void testAbsenceOfDefineAttributes() throws Exception {
+    doTest();
+  }
+
   public void testIncludedForm() throws Exception {
     myFixture.addFileToProject("sample.fxml", "<?import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane?>\n" +
                                               "<fx:root type=\"javafx.scene.layout.GridPane\" xmlns:fx=\"http://javafx.com/fxml\"/>\n");
diff --git a/plugins/javaFX/testData/highlighting/absenceOfDefineAttributes.fxml b/plugins/javaFX/testData/highlighting/absenceOfDefineAttributes.fxml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1d336191b51c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/javaFX/testData/highlighting/absenceOfDefineAttributes.fxml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<fx:root type="javafx.scene.layout.GridPane" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml">
+    <fx:define <error descr="Attribute source is not allowed here">source</error>=""/>
+</fx:root>
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