diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gstvalue.c b/tests/check/gst/gstvalue.c
index 7f47c97496..4615b391c4 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gstvalue.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gstvalue.c
@@ -66,6 +66,50 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_serialize_fourcc)
 
 GST_END_TEST;
 
+GST_START_TEST (test_deserialize_fourcc)
+{
+  int i;
+
+  guint32 fourccs[] = {
+    GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', 'U', 'Y', '2'),
+    GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', '8', '0', '0'),
+    GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', '8', ' ', ' '),
+    GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', '8', ' ', ' '),
+    GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', '8', ' ', ' '),
+    GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', '1', '6', ' '),
+    GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', 'U', 'Y', '_'),
+    GST_MAKE_FOURCC ('Y', 'U', 'Y', '#'),
+  };
+  gint fourccs_size = sizeof (fourccs) / sizeof (fourccs[0]);
+  const gchar *fourcc_strings[] = {
+    "YUY2",
+    "Y800",
+    "Y8  ",
+    "Y8 ",
+    "Y8",
+    "Y16 ",
+    "0x5f595559",               /* Ascii values of YUY_ */
+    "0x23595559",               /* Ascii values of YUY# */
+  };
+  gint fourcc_strings_size =
+      sizeof (fourcc_strings) / sizeof (fourcc_strings[0]);
+
+  fail_unless (fourccs_size == fourcc_strings_size);
+
+  for (i = 0; i < fourccs_size; ++i) {
+    GValue value = { 0 };
+
+    g_value_init (&value, GST_TYPE_FOURCC);
+
+    fail_unless (gst_value_deserialize (&value, fourcc_strings[i]));
+    fail_unless_equals_int (gst_value_get_fourcc (&value), fourccs[i]);
+
+    g_value_unset (&value);
+  }
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
 GST_START_TEST (test_deserialize_buffer)
 {
   GValue value = { 0 };
@@ -1805,6 +1849,7 @@ gst_value_suite (void)
 
   suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_serialize_fourcc);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_deserialize_fourcc);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_deserialize_buffer);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_serialize_buffer);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_deserialize_gint);