diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/test/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB20Tests.java b/inspector-vc/src/test/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB20Tests.java
index f4348f7..8f6d59e 100644
--- a/inspector-vc/src/test/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB20Tests.java
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/test/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/OB20Tests.java
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ public class OB20Tests {
 		});
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void testNoPublicKeyInIssuer() {
+		assertDoesNotThrow(()->{
+			Report report = validator.run(Samples.OB20.JSON.SIMPLE_ASSERTION_ISSUER_WITHOUT_PUBLIC_KEY_JSON.asFileResource());
+			if(verbose) PrintHelper.print(report, true);
+			assertValid(report);
+			// check than
+		});
+	}
+
 	@Nested
 	static class WarningTests {
 		@BeforeAll
diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/test/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/Samples.java b/inspector-vc/src/test/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/Samples.java
index daabbaa..e7ee0e6 100644
--- a/inspector-vc/src/test/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/Samples.java
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/test/java/org/oneedtech/inspect/vc/Samples.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public class Samples {
 			public final static Sample SIMPLE_ASSERTION_JSON = new Sample("ob20/basic-assertion.json", true);
 			public final static Sample SIMPLE_ASSERTION_INVALID_CONTEXT_JSON = new Sample("ob20/basic-assertion-invalid-context.json", true);
 			public final static Sample SIMPLE_ASSERTION_INVALID_TYPE_JSON = new Sample("ob20/basic-assertion-invalid-type.json", true);
+			// original:
+			public final static Sample SIMPLE_ASSERTION_ISSUER_WITHOUT_PUBLIC_KEY_JSON = new Sample("ob20/basic-assertion-no-public-key.json", true);
 			// original: test_graph: test_verify_with_redirection
 			public final static Sample WARNING_REDIRECTION_ASSERTION_JSON = new Sample("ob20/warning-with-redirection.json", true);
 			// original: test_validation: test_issuer_warn_on_non_https_id
diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/assets/basic-badge-no-public-key.json b/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/assets/basic-badge-no-public-key.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f47916b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/assets/basic-badge-no-public-key.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "@context": "https://w3id.org/openbadges/v2",
+  "type": "BadgeClass",
+  "id": "https://example.org/basic-badge-no-public-key.json",
+  "name": "Awesome Robotics Badge",
+  "description": "For doing awesome things with robots that people think is pretty great.",
+  "image": "https://example.org/robotics-badge.png",
+  "criteria": "https://example.org/badgecriteria.json",
+  "issuer": "https://example.org/organization-no-public-key.json"
+}
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diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/assets/organization-no-public-key.json b/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/assets/organization-no-public-key.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9687d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/assets/organization-no-public-key.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "@context": "https://w3id.org/openbadges/v2",
+  "type": "Issuer",
+  "id": "https://example.org/organization-no-public-key.json",
+  "name": "An Example Badge Issuer",
+  "url": "https://example.org",
+  "email": "contact@example.org"
+}
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diff --git a/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/basic-assertion-no-public-key.json b/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/basic-assertion-no-public-key.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e68a678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inspector-vc/src/test/resources/ob20/basic-assertion-no-public-key.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "@context": "https://w3id.org/openbadges/v2",
+  "type": "Assertion",
+  "id": "https://example.org/beths-robotics-badge.json",
+  "recipient": {
+    "type": "email",
+    "hashed": true,
+    "salt": "deadsea",
+    "identity": "sha256$ecf5409f3f4b91ab60cc5ef4c02aef7032354375e70cf4d8e43f6a1d29891942"
+  },
+  "image": "https://example.org/beths-robot-badge.png",
+  "evidence": "https://example.org/beths-robot-work.html",
+  "issuedOn": "2016-12-31T23:59:59Z",
+  "badge": "https://example.org/basic-badge-no-public-key.json",
+  "verification": {
+    "type": "hosted"
+  }
+}
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