diff --git a/gregui/tests/api/views/test_search.py b/gregui/tests/api/views/test_search.py
index 03422aec7fab70dfaddd71a9da36f8a80e4a1c8a..4961b826222ad012849612240113fe96874c3d28 100644
--- a/gregui/tests/api/views/test_search.py
+++ b/gregui/tests/api/views/test_search.py
@@ -28,18 +28,32 @@ def test_date_of_birth_search(client, log_in, user_sponsor, create_person):
         email="foo@bar.com",
         date_of_birth="2005-06-20",
     )
+    person2 = create_person(
+        first_name="test",
+        last_name="tester",
+        email="test@example.org",
+        date_of_birth="2005-10-20",
+    )
+    # A person with no date of birth set
+    person3 = create_person(
+        first_name="test2",
+        last_name="tester2",
+        email="test2@example.org",
+    )
 
     url = reverse("gregui-v1:person-search") + "?q=2005-06-20"
 
     log_in(user_sponsor)
     response = client.get(url)
 
+    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
     assert len(response.data) == 1
 
     person_ids = list(map(lambda x: x["pid"], response.data))
 
     assert person.id in person_ids
-    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+    assert person2.id not in person_ids
+    assert person3.id not in person_ids
 
 
 @pytest.mark.django_db
@@ -81,3 +95,37 @@ def test_multiple_words_search(client, log_in, user_sponsor, create_person):
     assert person3.id in person_ids
     assert person4.id not in person_ids
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_no_match(client, log_in, user_sponsor, create_person):
+    create_person(
+        first_name="foo",
+        last_name="bar",
+        email="example@company.com",
+    )
+    create_person(
+        first_name="test",
+        last_name="test2",
+        email="foo@bar.com",
+        date_of_birth="2006-06-20",
+    )
+    create_person(
+        first_name="Bob",
+        last_name="Smith",
+        email="bob@smith.com",
+        date_of_birth="2005-06-20",
+    )
+    create_person(
+        first_name="Frank",
+        last_name="Paulsen",
+        email="frank@paulsen.com",
+    )
+
+    url = reverse("gregui-v1:person-search") + "?q=æøå"
+
+    log_in(user_sponsor)
+    response = client.get(url)
+
+    assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
+    assert len(response.data) == 0