diff --git a/tests/check/Makefile.am b/tests/check/Makefile.am
index c4efed6cf7..25f2458aa2 100644
--- a/tests/check/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/check/Makefile.am
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ else
 check_kate=
 endif
 
+if USE_MIMIC
+check_mimic=pipelines/mimic
+else
+check_mimic=
+endif
+
 
 VALGRIND_TO_FIX = \
 	elements/mpeg2enc \
@@ -111,7 +117,8 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
 	elements/mxfdemux \
 	elements/mxfmux \
 	pipelines/mxf \
-	$(check_metadata)
+	$(check_metadata) \
+	$(check_mimic)
 
 noinst_HEADERS = elements/mxfdemux.h elements/amrparse_data.h elements/aacparse_data.h
 
diff --git a/tests/check/pipelines/.gitignore b/tests/check/pipelines/.gitignore
index 55f143ad2c..e72868322e 100644
--- a/tests/check/pipelines/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/check/pipelines/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .dirstamp
 metadata
 mxf
+mimic
diff --git a/tests/check/pipelines/mimic.c b/tests/check/pipelines/mimic.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d51a80bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/check/pipelines/mimic.c
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/* GStreamer
+ *
+ * unit test for mimic
+ *
+ * Copyright 2009 Collabora Ltd.
+ *  @author: Olivier Crete <olivier.crete@collabora.co.uk>
+ * Copyright 2009 Nokia Corp.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Library General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <gst/check/gstcheck.h>
+
+static GMainLoop *loop;
+
+static void
+eos_message_cb (GstBus * bus, GstMessage * message, gpointer user_data)
+{
+  GST_DEBUG ("Received eos");
+  g_main_loop_quit (loop);
+}
+
+GST_START_TEST (test_mimic_pipeline)
+{
+  GstElement *pipeline;
+  GError *error = NULL;
+  GstBus *bus;
+  const gchar *bin_str = "videotestsrc num-buffers=10 ! mimenc ! "
+      "mimdec ! fakesink";
+
+  pipeline = gst_parse_launch (bin_str, &error);
+  fail_unless (pipeline != NULL, "Error parsing pipeline: %s", bin_str,
+      error ? error->message : "(invalid error)");
+
+  loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
+  bus = gst_element_get_bus (pipeline);
+  gst_bus_add_signal_watch (bus);
+  g_signal_connect (bus, "message::eos", (GCallback) eos_message_cb, NULL);
+  gst_object_unref (bus);
+
+  fail_unless (gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_PLAYING)
+      != GST_STATE_CHANGE_FAILURE);
+
+  g_main_loop_run (loop);
+  g_main_loop_unref (loop);
+
+  gst_element_set_state (pipeline, GST_STATE_NULL);
+  gst_object_unref (pipeline);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+static Suite *
+mimic_suite (void)
+{
+  Suite *s = suite_create ("mimic");
+  TCase *tc_chain;
+
+  tc_chain = tcase_create ("mimic_pipeline");
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_mimic_pipeline);
+  suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
+
+  return s;
+}
+
+GST_CHECK_MAIN (mimic)