diff --git a/regress/Makefile b/regress/Makefile
index dbcdac87..ae36faef 100644
--- a/regress/Makefile
+++ b/regress/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ BINARIES:=\
regress \
TESTS:=\
+test-pthread-basic \
all: $(BINARIES) $(TESTS)
diff --git a/regress/test-pthread-basic.c++ b/regress/test-pthread-basic.c++
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8df0685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/test-pthread-basic.c++
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+
+ Copyright(C) Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen 2014.
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+ Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+ more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+ this program. If not, see .
+
+ test-pthread-basic.c++
+ Tests whether basic pthread support works.
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#include
+
+#include "test.h"
+
+void* thread_routine(void* cookie)
+{
+ int* test_failure_ptr = (int*) cookie;
+ *test_failure_ptr = 0;
+ return cookie;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ int errnum;
+
+ int test_failure = 1;
+
+ pthread_t thread;
+ if ( (errnum = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &thread_routine, &test_failure)) )
+ test_error(errnum, "pthread_create");
+
+ void* thread_result;
+ if ( (errnum = pthread_join(thread, &thread_result)) )
+ test_error(errnum, "pthread_join");
+
+ test_assert(test_failure == 0);
+ test_assert(thread_result == &test_failure);
+
+ return 0;
+}