diff --git a/tests/check/Makefile.am b/tests/check/Makefile.am
index e34037d438..55f33c9240 100644
--- a/tests/check/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/check/Makefile.am
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
 	generic/clock-selection \
 	generic/states \
 	libs/libsabi \
+	libs/allocators \
 	libs/audio \
 	libs/audiocdsrc \
 	libs/audiodecoder \
@@ -286,6 +287,16 @@ libs_libsabi_LDADD = \
 	$(GST_BASE_LIBS) \
 	$(LDADD)
 
+libs_allocators_CFLAGS = \
+	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) \
+	$(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) \
+	$(AM_CFLAGS)
+
+libs_allocators_LDADD = \
+	$(top_builddir)/gst-libs/gst/allocators/libgstallocators-@GST_API_VERSION@.la \
+	$(GST_BASE_LIBS) \
+	$(LDADD)
+
 libs_audio_CFLAGS = \
 	$(GST_PLUGINS_BASE_CFLAGS) \
 	$(GST_BASE_CFLAGS) \
diff --git a/tests/check/libs/allocators.c b/tests/check/libs/allocators.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2b92c7d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/check/libs/allocators.c
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/* GStreamer unit tests for the RTSP support library
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Andy Wingo <wingo@oblong.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Tim-Philipp Müller <tim@centricular.com>
+ *
+ * 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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
+#include <gst/check/gstcheck.h>
+
+#include <gst/allocators/gstdmabuf.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#define FILE_SIZE 4096
+
+
+GST_START_TEST (test_dmabuf)
+{
+  char tmpfilename[] = "/tmp/dmabuf-test.XXXXXX";
+  int fd;
+  GstMemory *mem;
+  GstAllocator *alloc;
+  GstMapInfo info;
+
+  fd = mkstemp (tmpfilename);
+  fail_unless (fd > 0);
+  fail_unless (g_unlink (tmpfilename) == 0);
+
+  alloc = gst_dmabuf_allocator_new ();
+
+  mem = gst_dmabuf_allocator_alloc (alloc, fd, FILE_SIZE);
+
+  fail_unless (gst_memory_map (mem, &info, GST_MAP_READWRITE));
+  fail_unless (info.flags == GST_MAP_READWRITE);
+  fail_unless (info.data != NULL);
+  fail_unless (info.size == FILE_SIZE);
+  fail_unless (info.maxsize == FILE_SIZE);
+  gst_memory_unmap (mem, &info);
+
+  gst_memory_unref (mem);
+  g_object_unref (alloc);
+}
+
+GST_END_TEST;
+
+static Suite *
+allocators_suite (void)
+{
+  Suite *s = suite_create ("allocators");
+  TCase *tc_chain = tcase_create ("general");
+
+  suite_add_tcase (s, tc_chain);
+  tcase_add_test (tc_chain, test_dmabuf);
+
+  return s;
+}
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  int nf;
+
+  Suite *s = allocators_suite ();
+  SRunner *sr = srunner_create (s);
+
+  gst_check_init (&argc, &argv);
+
+  srunner_run_all (sr, CK_NORMAL);
+  nf = srunner_ntests_failed (sr);
+  srunner_free (sr);
+
+  return nf;
+}