diff --git a/tests/Makefile.tests b/tests/Makefile.tests
index cc034bb..e97e903 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.tests
+++ b/tests/Makefile.tests
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ tests_clean:
 	rm -f $(STD_CLEANFILES:%=$(TESTS_PREFIX)%)
 	rm -f $(TESTS_CLEANFILES)
 
-check:	tests
+check:	tests dtc
 	cd $(TESTS_PREFIX); ./run_tests.sh
 
-checkv:	tests
+checkv:	tests dtc
 	cd $(TESTS_PREFIX); ./run_tests.sh -v
 
 ifneq ($(DEPTARGETS),)
diff --git a/tests/dtc.sh b/tests/dtc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f704f55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dtc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+PASS () {
+    echo "PASS"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+FAIL () {
+    echo "FAIL" "$@"
+    exit 2
+}
+
+DTC=../dtc
+
+verbose_run () {
+    if [ -z "$QUIET_TEST" ]; then
+	"$@"
+    else
+	"$@" > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+    fi
+}
+
+if verbose_run "$DTC" "$@"; then
+    PASS
+else
+    ret="$?"
+    FAIL "dtc returned error code $ret"
+fi
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index 3973730..3c64e9d 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ libfdt_tests () {
     run_test truncated_property
 }
 
+dtc_tests () {
+    # Make sure we don't have stale blobs lying around
+    rm -f *.test.dtb
+
+    run_test dtc.sh -f -I dts -O dtb -o dtc_tree1.test.dtb test_tree1.dts
+    tree1_tests dtc_tree1.test.dtb
+}
+
 while getopts "vdt:" ARG ; do
     case $ARG in
 	"v")
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ while getopts "vdt:" ARG ; do
 done
 
 if [ -z "$TESTSETS" ]; then
-    TESTSETS="libfdt"
+    TESTSETS="libfdt dtc"
 fi
 
 for set in $TESTSETS; do
@@ -106,6 +114,9 @@ for set in $TESTSETS; do
 	"libfdt")
 	    libfdt_tests
 	    ;;
+	"dtc")
+	    dtc_tests
+	    ;;
     esac
 done
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tree1.dts b/tests/test_tree1.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ddc208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_tree1.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/ {
+	prop-int = <deadbeef>;
+	prop-str = "hello world";
+
+	subnode1 {
+		prop-int = <deadbeef>;
+
+		subsubnode {
+			prop-int = <deadbeef>;
+		};
+	};
+
+	subnode2 {
+		prop-int = <abcd1234>;
+
+		subsubnode {
+			prop-int = <abcd1234>;
+		};
+	};
+};