diff --git a/src/tests/string_test.c b/src/tests/string_test.c
index 88181cc2..934c537c 100644
--- a/src/tests/string_test.c
+++ b/src/tests/string_test.c
@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ static void string_test_exec ( void ) {
 		memswap ( ( test + 1 ), ( test + 4 ), 3 );
 		ok ( memcmp ( test, expected, sizeof ( test ) ) == 0 );
 	}
+
+	/* Test strdup() */
+	{
+		const char *orig = "testing testing";
+		char *dup = strdup ( orig );
+		ok ( dup != NULL );
+		ok ( dup != orig );
+		ok ( strcmp ( dup, orig ) == 0 );
+		free ( dup );
+	}
 }
 
 /** String self-test */