diff --git a/tests/p_gcc-c++/0-install_gcc-c++.sh b/tests/p_gcc-c++/0-install_gcc-c++.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2d62f48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/p_gcc-c++/0-install_gcc-c++.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Author: Dries Verachtert <dries.verachtert@dries.eu>
+
+t_Log "$0 - installing gcc-c++"
+t_InstallPackage gcc-c++
diff --git a/tests/p_gcc-c++/1-test_hello_world.sh b/tests/p_gcc-c++/1-test_hello_world.sh
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+++ b/tests/p_gcc-c++/1-test_hello_world.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Author: Dries Verachtert <dries.verachtert@dries.eu>
+
+t_Log "Running $0 - test gcc-c++ with a hello world program"
+
+CPPBINARY=`mktemp -q --suffix=.gcc-c++_test`
+
+cat <<EOF | g++ -x c++ -o $CPPBINARY -
+#include <iostream>
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+	std::cout << "Hello world!" << std::endl;
+}
+EOF
+
+$CPPBINARY | grep -q "Hello world"
+t_CheckExitStatus $?
+
+rm -f $CPPBINARY