diff --git a/test/test-open_tree.c b/test/test-open_tree.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1d9c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-open_tree.c
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+
+#define TEST_DIR "test-open-tree-dir"
+#define TEST_FILE "test-open-tree-file"
+
+static int test_no_flags(void) {
+    int treefd = -1;
+    int fd = -1;
+    int rc = 1;
+
+    treefd = open_tree(AT_FDCWD, TEST_DIR, 0);
+    if (treefd == -1) {
+        perror("open_tree");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    fd = openat(treefd, TEST_FILE, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0666);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        perror("openat");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    rc = 0;
+out:
+    if (treefd != -1) {
+        close(treefd);
+    }
+    if (fd != -1) {
+        close(fd);
+    }
+    return rc;
+}
+
+static int test_at_empty_path(void) {
+    int treefd = -1;
+    int dirfd = -1;
+    int fd = -1;
+    int rc = 1;
+
+    dirfd = open(TEST_DIR, O_PATH | O_DIRECTORY);
+    if (dirfd < 0) {
+        perror("open");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    treefd = open_tree(dirfd, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH);
+    if (treefd == -1) {
+        perror("open_tree");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    fd = openat(treefd, TEST_FILE, O_CREAT | O_RDWR, 0666);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        perror("openat");
+        goto out;
+    }
+
+    rc = 0;
+out:
+    if (dirfd != -1) {
+        close(dirfd);
+    }
+    if (treefd != -1) {
+        close(treefd);
+    }
+    if (fd != -1) {
+        close(fd);
+    }
+    return rc;
+}
+
+static void cleanup(void) {
+    if (unlink(TEST_DIR "/" TEST_FILE) == -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
+        perror("unlink");
+    }
+    if (rmdir(TEST_DIR) == -1 && errno != ENOENT) {
+        perror("rmdir");
+    }
+}
+
+int main(void) {
+    cleanup();
+
+    if (mkdir(TEST_DIR, 0777) == -1) {
+        perror("mkdir");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    int rc = test_no_flags() || test_at_empty_path();
+
+    cleanup();
+
+    return rc;
+}
diff --git a/test/test-open_tree.sh b/test/test-open_tree.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1654a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-open_tree.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+./test/test-open_tree
+
+PSEUDO_IGNORE_PATHS=/ ./test/test-open_tree
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