diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b7c0ef..f66ac0f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@
 /examples/raw_receiver
 /examples/raw_sender
 /tests/test_dummy
+/tests/test_init
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 2d92fbe..308da46 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ AM_CFLAGS = \
 lib_LIBRARIES = libshmemq.a
 
 TESTS = \
-	tests/test_dummy
+	tests/test_dummy \
+	tests/test_init
 
 noinst_PROGRAMS = \
 	$(TESTS) \
@@ -29,3 +30,7 @@ examples_raw_sender_SOURCES = \
 tests_test_dummy_SOURCES = \
 	$(libshmemq_a_SOURCES) \
 	tests/test_dummy.c
+
+tests_test_init_SOURCES = \
+	$(libshmemq_a_SOURCES) \
+	tests/test_init.c
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8717d10..a8dedfb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/stat.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([unistd.h])
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ftruncate])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([munmap])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strcmp])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strcpy])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([strlen])
 
diff --git a/tests/test_init.c b/tests/test_init.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a6add5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_init.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <shmemq.h>
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+    struct Shmemq shmemq;
+    memset(&shmemq, 0, sizeof(shmemq));
+
+    assert(shmemq_init(&shmemq, "/foobar", true) == SHMEMQ_ERROR_NONE);
+
+    assert(strcmp(shmemq.name, "/foobar") == 0);
+    assert(shmemq.is_consumer == true);
+    assert(shmemq.shm_id != -1);
+    assert(shmemq.buffer != NULL);
+    assert(shmemq.buffer->header.frames_count == 0);
+    assert(shmemq.buffer->header.read_frame_index == 0);
+    assert(shmemq.buffer->header.write_frame_index == 0);
+
+    assert(shm_unlink("/foobar") == 0);
+
+    return 0;
+}