diff --git a/regress/Makefile b/regress/Makefile
index 884dfa7a..4d639a67 100644
--- a/regress/Makefile
+++ b/regress/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ test-pthread-basic \
 test-pthread-once \
 test-pthread-self \
 test-pthread-tls \
+test-signal-raise \
 
 all: $(BINARIES) $(TESTS)
 
diff --git a/regress/test-signal-raise.c++ b/regress/test-signal-raise.c++
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31a2097f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/regress/test-signal-raise.c++
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+
+    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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+    test-signal-raise.c++
+    Tests whether basic raise() support works.
+
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#include <signal.h>
+
+#include "test.h"
+
+static int signal_counter = 0;
+
+void signal_handler(int signum, siginfo_t* siginfo, void* ucontext_ptr)
+{
+	(void) signum;
+	(void) siginfo;
+	(void) ucontext_ptr;
+
+	test_assert(signum == SIGUSR1);
+
+	signal_counter++;
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	struct sigaction sa;
+	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+	sa.sa_sigaction = signal_handler;
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+
+	if ( sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL) )
+		test_error(errno, "sigaction(USR1)");
+
+	raise(SIGUSR1);
+
+	test_assert(signal_counter == 1);
+
+	return 0;
+}