diff --git a/contracts/crowdsale/validation/TimedCrowdsale.sol b/contracts/crowdsale/validation/TimedCrowdsale.sol
index d39242578..73d6a5c0f 100644
--- a/contracts/crowdsale/validation/TimedCrowdsale.sol
+++ b/contracts/crowdsale/validation/TimedCrowdsale.sol
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ contract TimedCrowdsale is Crowdsale {
   constructor(uint256 openingTime, uint256 closingTime) internal {
     // solium-disable-next-line security/no-block-members
     require(openingTime >= block.timestamp);
-    require(closingTime >= openingTime);
+    require(closingTime > openingTime);
 
     _openingTime = openingTime;
     _closingTime = closingTime;
diff --git a/test/crowdsale/TimedCrowdsale.test.js b/test/crowdsale/TimedCrowdsale.test.js
index eb2a9bf51..5b0b457b7 100644
--- a/test/crowdsale/TimedCrowdsale.test.js
+++ b/test/crowdsale/TimedCrowdsale.test.js
@@ -29,18 +29,24 @@ contract('TimedCrowdsale', function ([_, investor, wallet, purchaser]) {
     this.token = await SimpleToken.new();
   });
 
-  it('rejects an opening time in the past', async function () {
+  it('reverts if the opening time is in the past', async function () {
     await shouldFail.reverting(TimedCrowdsaleImpl.new(
       (await time.latest()) - time.duration.days(1), this.closingTime, rate, wallet, this.token.address
     ));
   });
 
-  it('rejects a closing time before the opening time', async function () {
+  it('reverts if the closing time is before the opening time', async function () {
     await shouldFail.reverting(TimedCrowdsaleImpl.new(
       this.openingTime, this.openingTime - time.duration.seconds(1), rate, wallet, this.token.address
     ));
   });
 
+  it('reverts if the closing time equals the opening time', async function () {
+    await shouldFail.reverting(TimedCrowdsaleImpl.new(
+      this.openingTime, this.openingTime, rate, wallet, this.token.address
+    ));
+  });
+
   context('with crowdsale', function () {
     beforeEach(async function () {
       this.crowdsale = await TimedCrowdsaleImpl.new(