diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 8eba73b7..20a2bfa5 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -200,4 +200,8 @@ if (FMT_PEDANTIC AND NOT WIN32)
     "-DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD}"
     "-DPEDANTIC_COMPILE_FLAGS=${PEDANTIC_COMPILE_FLAGS}"
     "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
+
+  add_executable (hello_fmt hello_fmt.cc ../src/format.cc)
+  target_compile_options (hello_fmt PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -Werror -pedantic -Wconversion -Wsign-conversion -Wunused -Wshadow -Wdouble-promotion -Wcast-align -Wnull-dereference)
+  target_include_directories( hello_fmt PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 endif ()
diff --git a/test/hello_fmt.cc b/test/hello_fmt.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1e90f84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/hello_fmt.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <fmt/core.h>
+
+int main()
+{
+   fmt::print("Hello, {}!", "world");  // uses Python-like format string syntax
+
+   fmt::print("The answer is {}\n", 42);
+
+   return 0;
+}