diff --git a/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.go b/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.go
index b49fcd2f66..cc75a378e3 100644
--- a/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.go
+++ b/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.go
@@ -90,6 +90,52 @@ var GatewayWithAttachedRoutes = suite.ConformanceTest{
 
 			kubernetes.GatewayStatusMustHaveListeners(t, s.Client, s.TimeoutConfig, gwNN, listeners)
 		})
+
+		t.Run("Gateway listener should have an accepted http route attached when unresolved refs exist", func(t *testing.T) {
+			gwNN := types.NamespacedName{Name: "unresolved-gateway-with-one-attached-unresolved-route", Namespace: "gateway-conformance-infra"}
+			listeners := []v1.ListenerStatus{{
+				Name: v1.SectionName("tls"),
+				SupportedKinds: []v1.RouteGroupKind{{
+					Group: (*v1.Group)(&v1.GroupVersion.Group),
+					Kind:  v1.Kind("HTTPRoute"),
+				}},
+				Conditions: []metav1.Condition{
+					{
+						Type:   string(v1.ListenerConditionAccepted),
+						Status: metav1.ConditionTrue,
+						Reason: "", // any reason
+					},
+					{
+						Type:   string(v1.ListenerConditionProgrammed),
+						Status: metav1.ConditionFalse,
+						Reason: "", // any reason
+					},
+					{
+						Type:   string(v1.ListenerConditionResolvedRefs),
+						Status: metav1.ConditionFalse,
+						Reason: "", // any reason
+					},
+				},
+				AttachedRoutes: 1,
+			}}
+
+			kubernetes.GatewayStatusMustHaveListeners(t, s.Client, s.TimeoutConfig, gwNN, listeners)
+
+			hrouteNN := types.NamespacedName{Name: "http-route-4", Namespace: "gateway-conformance-infra"}
+			notAccepted := metav1.Condition{
+				Type:   string(v1.RouteConditionAccepted),
+				Status: metav1.ConditionTrue,
+				Reason: "", // any reason
+			}
+			unresolved := metav1.Condition{
+				Type:   string(v1.RouteConditionResolvedRefs),
+				Status: metav1.ConditionFalse,
+				Reason: "", // any reason
+			}
+
+			kubernetes.HTTPRouteMustHaveCondition(t, s.Client, s.TimeoutConfig, hrouteNN, gwNN, notAccepted)
+			kubernetes.HTTPRouteMustHaveCondition(t, s.Client, s.TimeoutConfig, hrouteNN, gwNN, unresolved)
+		})
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.yaml b/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.yaml
index d4f051699b..04f4b9ee43 100644
--- a/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.yaml
+++ b/conformance/tests/gateway-with-attached-routes.yaml
@@ -86,3 +86,47 @@ spec:
   - backendRefs:
     - name: infra-backend-v1
       port: 8080
+---
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Gateway
+metadata:
+  name: unresolved-gateway-with-one-attached-unresolved-route
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  gatewayClassName: "{GATEWAY_CLASS_NAME}"
+  listeners:
+  - name: tls
+    port: 443
+    protocol: HTTPS
+    allowedRoutes:
+      kinds:
+      - kind: HTTPRoute
+      namespaces:
+        from: Selector
+        selector:
+          matchLabels:
+            # This label is added automatically as of K8s 1.22
+            # to all namespaces
+            kubernetes.io/metadata.name: gateway-conformance-infra
+    tls:
+      certificateRefs:
+      - group: ""
+        kind: Secret
+        name: does-not-exist
+      mode: Terminate
+---
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: http-route-4
+  namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+  - kind: Gateway
+    name: unresolved-gateway-with-one-attached-unresolved-route
+    namespace: gateway-conformance-infra
+    sectionName: tls
+  rules:
+  - backendRefs:
+    - name: does-not-exist
+      port: 8080