diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 319e3de..64fcc14 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ meson.add_dist_script('meson-build-dist-man.sh')
 do_tests = get_option('tests')
 if do_tests
   subdir('tests/lddtree')
+  subdir('tests/pspax')
   subdir('tests/scanelf')
   subdir('tests/source')
 endif
diff --git a/tests/pspax/dotest b/tests/pspax/dotest
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f2ccc98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pspax/dotest
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. "${0%/*}"/../lib.sh
+
+#
+# simple pspax execution check
+#
+${MESON_EXE_WRAPPER} sh -c "${builddir}/pspax" >/dev/null \
+	2> "${builddir}"/pspax.err
+testit pspax.err
+
+exit ${ret}
diff --git a/tests/pspax/meson.build b/tests/pspax/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a00a96d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pspax/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+test('pspax-test', files('dotest'),
+  workdir : meson.current_source_dir(),
+  env : {
+    'builddir' : meson.project_build_root(),
+    'srcdir' : meson.project_source_root(),
+    'current_srcdir' : meson.current_source_dir(),
+  }
+)