diff --git a/test/initmain.c b/test/initmain.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51b7efc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/initmain.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// 10 april 2019
+#include "../ui.h"
+#include "testing.h"
+
+Test(Init)
+{
+}
+
+Test(Uninit)
+{
+}
+
+static void queued(void *data)
+{
+	int *flag = (int *) data;
+
+	*flag = 1;
+}
+
+static void timer(void *n)
+{
+	int *n = (int *) data;
+
+	// TODO return stop if n == 5, continue otherwise
+	*n++;
+}
+
+Test(QueueMain)
+{
+}
+
+// TODO Test(QueueMain_DifferentThread)
+
+Test(Timer)
+{
+}
diff --git a/test/main.c b/test/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed091a21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// 10 april 2019
+#include "testing.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	return testingMain();
+}
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c15220a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# 23 march 2019
+
+libui_test_sources = [
+	'initmain.c',
+	'testing.c',
+]
+
+if libui_OS == 'windows'
+	libui_test_manifest = 'test.manifest'
+	if libui_mode == 'static'
+		libui_test_manifest = 'test.static.manifest'
+	endif
+	libui_test_sources += [
+		windows.compile_resources('resources.rc',
+			args: libui_manifest_args,
+			depend_files: [libui_test_manifest]),
+	]
+endif
+
+# TODO once we upgrade to 0.49.0, add pie: true
+# TODO once we upgrade to 0.50.0, add protocol: 'exitcode'
+libui_tester = executable('tester', libui_test_sources,
+	dependencies: libui_binary_deps,
+	link_with: libui_libui,
+	gui_app: false,
+	install: false)
+test('test', libui_tester,
+	is_parallel: false,
+	should_fail: false)