diff --git a/src/json-c-test.c b/src/json-c-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..676d6be4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/json-c-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of MXE.
+ * See index.html for further information.
+ */
+
+#include <json/json.h>
+#include <stdio.h> 
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    json_object *jobj;
+
+    (void)argc;
+    (void)argv;
+
+    jobj = json_object_new_object();
+    if (!jobj) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    json_object_object_add(jobj, "key", json_object_new_string("value"));
+    printf("%s", json_object_to_json_string(jobj));
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/json-c.mk b/src/json-c.mk
index 9533971b..e7222138 100644
--- a/src/json-c.mk
+++ b/src/json-c.mk
@@ -25,4 +25,9 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
         --disable-shared
         CFLAGS=-Wno-error
     $(MAKE) -C '$(1)' -j '$(JOBS)' install
+	
+    '$(TARGET)-gcc' \
+        -W -Wall -Werror -ansi -pedantic \
+        '$(2).c' -o '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/test-json-c.exe' \
+        `'$(TARGET)-pkg-config' json --cflags --libs`
 endef