diff --git a/tests/c++-compiler/hello.c b/tests/c++-compiler/hello.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4bd2c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/c++-compiler/hello.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main() {
+    printf("Hello World!\n");
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/c++-compiler/test.sh b/tests/c++-compiler/test.sh
index ba1b195..ccb1a2e 100755
--- a/tests/c++-compiler/test.sh
+++ b/tests/c++-compiler/test.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ compiler_check_stdexcept() {
     $cmd
 }
 
+compiler_check_helloworld() {
+    cmd="cc hello.c"
+    echo $cmd
+    $cmd
+}
+
 swap_env() {
     currentPrgEnv=$(module li 2>&1 | awk '/PrgEnv/{print $2}')
     if [ "$1" == gcc ] ; then 
@@ -51,6 +57,7 @@ for compiler in $compilers; do
         swap_env $compiler 2>$logfile >$logfile || error=1
         module swap $compiler $compiler/$version 2>>$logfile >>$logfile || error=1
         compiler_version_cmd $compiler 2>>$logfile >>$logfile || error=1
+        compiler_check_helloworld $compiler 2>>$logfile >>$logfile || error=1
         compiler_check_stdexcept $compiler 2>> $logfile >>$logfile || error=1
         if [ $error != 0 ] ; then
             echo "failed :-("