diff --git a/test/no.components.spec.ts b/test/no.components.spec.ts
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+import * as express from 'express';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import * as request from 'supertest';
+import { createApp } from './common/app';
+import { OpenAPIV3 } from '../src/framework/types';
+
+describe('no components', () => {
+  let app = null;
+
+  before(async () => {
+    // Set up the express app
+    const apiSpec = apiDoc();
+    app = await createApp({ apiSpec, validateResponses: true }, 3005, (app) =>
+      app.use(
+        `${app.basePath}`,
+        express
+          .Router()
+          .get(`/ping`, (req, res) => res.json({ success: true })),
+      ),
+    );
+  });
+
+  after(() => {
+    app.server.close();
+  });
+
+  it('should pass if components are missing', async () =>
+    request(app)
+      .get(`${app.basePath}/ping`)
+      .expect(200)
+      .then((r) => {
+        expect(r.body.success).to.equal(true);
+      }));
+});
+
+function apiDoc(): OpenAPIV3.Document {
+  return {
+    openapi: '3.0.1',
+    info: {
+      version: '1.0.0',
+      title: 'no components',
+      description: 'no components',
+    },
+    servers: [
+      {
+        url: '/v1',
+      },
+    ],
+    paths: {
+      '/ping': {
+        get: {
+          description: 'ping',
+          responses: {
+            '200': {
+              description: 'pong',
+              content: {
+                'application/json': {
+                  schema: {
+                    type: 'object',
+                    properties: {
+                      message: {
+                        type: 'string',
+                      },
+                    },
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  };
+}