diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index b2b61dc..66ed8b6 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ TESTS          += fsendfile
 TESTS          += lfile
 TESTS          += makepath
 TESTS          += pidfile
+TESTS          += touch
 TESTS          += progress
 TESTS          += rsync
 TESTS          += tempfile
diff --git a/tests/touch.c b/tests/touch.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6300ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/touch.c
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#include <err.h>
+#include <paths.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <time.h>
+
+#include "check.h"
+
+int verbose = 0;
+
+
+static int mtime(char *file)
+{
+	int ret;
+	char buf[80];
+	struct stat before, after;
+
+	PRINT("Calling touch() to create file ...\n");
+	touch(file);
+	stat(file, &before);
+
+	/* Must sleep a while here otherwise we execute too fast => no mtime change :-( */
+	usleep(10000);
+
+	PRINT("Calling touch() again to update mtime ...\n");
+	if (touch(file)) {
+		erase(file);
+		err(1, "Failed creating %s", file);
+	}
+	stat(file, &after);
+
+	ret = timespec_newer(&after.st_mtim, &before.st_mtim);
+	PRINT("Before: %s\n", timespec2str(&before.st_mtim, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+	PRINT("After : %s\n", timespec2str(&after.st_mtim, buf, sizeof(buf)));
+
+	return !ret;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int fd;
+	char file[42] = "/tmp/touch_test.XXXXXX";
+
+	if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-v"))
+		verbose = 1;
+
+	fd = mkstemp(file);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		err(1, "Failed creating tempfile, %s", file);
+	close(fd);
+
+	return mtime(file);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Local Variables:
+ *  indent-tabs-mode: t
+ *  c-file-style:     "linux"
+ *  compile-command:  "make pidfile && ./pidfile -v"
+ * End:
+ */