diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index c3f031c..1070878 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
     "env": {
         "browser": true,
         "node": true,
-        "es6": true
+        "es6": true,
+        "mocha": true
     },
     "parserOptions": {
         "ecmaVersion": 2017,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
     ],
     "plugins": [
         "babel",
+        "mocha",
         "react"
     ],
     "rules": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 69d411c..f3ff001 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-babel": "^3.1.0",
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.2.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "^3.0.2",
+    "eslint-plugin-mocha": "^4.9.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "^6.10.3",
     "karma": "^0.13.22",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.1.7",
diff --git a/src/rules/no-unsupported-elements-use-aria.js b/src/rules/no-unsupported-elements-use-aria.js
index 9f90e2c..8726080 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-unsupported-elements-use-aria.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-unsupported-elements-use-aria.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export default [{
     msg: 'This element does not support ARIA roles, states and properties.',
     AX: 'AX_ARIA_12',
     test(tagName, props) {
-        const reserved = DOM[tagName].reserved || false;
+        const reserved = (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(DOM, tagName) && DOM[tagName].reserved) || false;
         const prop = hasProp(props, Object.keys(aria).concat('role'));
 
         return !reserved || !prop;
@@ -30,9 +30,12 @@ export const fail = [{
 }];
 
 export const pass = [{
-    when: 'the reserver element is not given an illegal prop',
+    when: 'the reserved element is not given an illegal prop',
     render: React => <meta charSet="UTF-8" />
 }, {
-    when: 'an illegal props is given to a non-reserved elemeent',
+    when: 'an illegal prop is given to a non-reserved element',
     render: React => <div aria-hidden />
+}, {
+    when: 'an illegal prop is given to an unknown element',
+    render: React => <g aria-hidden />
 }];
diff --git a/src/test.js b/src/test.js
index 14e151d..eba2f13 100644
--- a/src/test.js
+++ b/src/test.js
@@ -120,7 +120,14 @@ export default class Suite {
                     }
 
                     // perform the test
-                    const pass = await test(tagName, props, children, ctx);
+                    let pass;
+                    // try/catch so that exceptions are not silently swallowed by await
+                    try {
+                        pass = await test(tagName, props, children, ctx);
+                    } catch (error) {
+                        console.log(error);
+                        pass = false;
+                    }
 
                     if (!pass) {
                         done({