diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range1.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range1.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4398438d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range1.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ */
+
+dnssec-policy reverse-order {
+	keys {
+		csk lifetime unlimited algorithm rsasha256 tag-range 32767 0 2048;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range2.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range2.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2d2911662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range2.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ */
+
+dnssec-policy too-big-start {
+	keys {
+		csk lifetime unlimited algorithm rsasha256 tag-range 65536 0 2048;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range3.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range3.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..131a98d1a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range3.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ */
+
+dnssec-policy too-big-end {
+	keys {
+		csk lifetime unlimited algorithm rsasha256 tag-range 0 65536 2048;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range4.conf b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range4.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b3232ca7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tests/system/checkconf/bad-dnssec-policy-range4.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ *
+ * See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ */
+
+dnssec-policy start-equals-end {
+	keys {
+		csk lifetime unlimited algorithm rsasha256 tag-range 0 0 2048;
+	};
+};