diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.test.js b/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.test.js
index 5345f397b..d5542c18d 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.test.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/deploy/lib/checkForChanges.test.js
@@ -135,6 +135,23 @@ describe('checkForChanges', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should translate error if rejected due to missing bucket', () => {
+      listObjectsV2Stub
+        .rejects(new serverless.classes.Error('The specified bucket does not exist'));
+
+      return expect(awsDeploy.getMostRecentObjects()).to.be.rejectedWith([
+        `The serverless deployment bucket "${awsDeploy.bucketName}" does not exist.`,
+        'Create it manually if you want to reuse the CloudFormation stack "my-service-dev",',
+        'or delete the stack then run "sls deploy".',
+      ].join(' '));
+    });
+
+    it('should throw original error if rejected not due to missing bucket', () => {
+      listObjectsV2Stub
+        .rejects(new serverless.classes.Error('Other reason'));
+      return expect(awsDeploy.getMostRecentObjects()).to.be.rejectedWith('Other reason');
+    });
+
     it('should resolve if result array is empty', () => {
       const serviceObjects = {
         Contents: [],