diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.cpp b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.cpp
index 2c54a696c48..3c8db219d59 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.cpp
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ void NumberFormatTest::runIndexedTest( int32_t index, UBool exec, const char* &n
   TESTCASE_AUTO(TestFormatAttributes);
   TESTCASE_AUTO(TestFieldPositionIterator);
   TESTCASE_AUTO(TestDecimal);
+  TESTCASE_AUTO(TestDecimalFormatParse7E);
   TESTCASE_AUTO(TestCurrencyFractionDigits);
   TESTCASE_AUTO(TestExponentParse);
   TESTCASE_AUTO(TestExplicitParents);
@@ -6980,6 +6981,15 @@ void NumberFormatTest::TestDecimal() {
 #endif
 
 }
+void NumberFormatTest::TestDecimalFormatParse7E() {
+    UErrorCode  status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
+    UnicodeString testdata = u"~";
+    icu::Formattable result;
+    icu::DecimalFormat dfmt(testdata, status);
+    if (U_SUCCESS(status)) {
+        dfmt.parse(testdata, result, status);
+    }
+}
 
 void NumberFormatTest::TestCurrencyFractionDigits() {
     UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
diff --git a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.h b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.h
index 634536fff7c..bf2a9a0f945 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/test/intltest/numfmtst.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ class NumberFormatTest: public CalendarTimeZoneTest {
     void TestLenientParse();
 
     void TestDecimal();
+    void TestDecimalFormatParse7E();
     void TestCurrencyFractionDigits();
 
     void TestExponentParse();