diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 47500521d3..51b8ebe42b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-07-03  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h:
+	  add some assert_ as alias for fail_unless_*
+	* tests/check/gst/gst.c: (GST_START_TEST), (gst_suite):
+	  increase test coverage
+
 2006-07-02  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* Makefile.am:
diff --git a/libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h b/libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h
index 69bfcf0ea1..bdc6c65232 100644
--- a/libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h
+++ b/libs/gst/check/gstcheck.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ gint gst_check_run_suite (Suite *suite, const gchar *name, const gchar *fname);
 #define fail_unless_message_error(msg, domain, code)		\
 gst_check_message_error (msg, GST_MESSAGE_ERROR,		\
   GST_ ## domain ## _ERROR, GST_ ## domain ## _ERROR_ ## code)
+#define assert_message_error(m, d, c) fail_unless_message_error(m, d, c)
 
 /***
  * wrappers for START_TEST and END_TEST
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ G_STMT_START {								\
   fail_unless(first == second,						\
     "'" #a "' (%d) is not equal to '" #b"' (%d)", first, second);	\
 } G_STMT_END;
+#define assert_equals_int(a, b) fail_unless_equals_int(a, b)
 
 #define fail_unless_equals_uint64(a, b)					\
 G_STMT_START {								\
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ G_STMT_START {								\
     "'" #a "' (%" G_GUINT64_FORMAT ") is not equal to '" #b"' (%"	\
     G_GUINT64_FORMAT ")", first, second);				\
 } G_STMT_END;
+#define assert_equals_uint64(a, b) fail_unless_equals_uint64(a, b)
 
 #define fail_unless_equals_string(a, b)					\
 G_STMT_START {								\
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ G_STMT_START {								\
   fail_unless(strcmp (first, second) == 0,				\
     "'" #a "' (%s) is not equal to '" #b"' (%s)", first, second);	\
 } G_STMT_END;
+#define assert_equals_string(a, b) fail_unless_equals_string(a, b)
 
 
 /***
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gst.c b/tests/check/gst/gst.c
index d2dda67eee..594c2ba826 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gst.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gst.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <gst/check/gstcheck.h>
+#include <gst/gstversion.h>
 
 GST_START_TEST (test_init)
 {
@@ -76,6 +77,20 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_new_fakesrc)
 
 GST_END_TEST;
 
+GST_START_TEST (test_version)
+{
+  guint major, minor, micro, nano;
+  gchar *version;
+
+  gst_version (&major, &minor, &micro, &nano);
+  assert_equals_int (major, GST_VERSION_MAJOR);
+
+  version = gst_version_string ();
+  fail_if (version == NULL);
+  g_free (version);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
 
 Suite *
 gst_suite (void)
@@ -89,6 +104,7 @@ gst_suite (void)
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_deinit_sysclock);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_new_pipeline);
   tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_new_fakesrc);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_version);
 
   return s;
 }