diff --git a/src/ssb.tests.c b/src/ssb.tests.c
index 2ac2877d..0403ccb3 100644
--- a/src/ssb.tests.c
+++ b/src/ssb.tests.c
@@ -980,4 +980,40 @@ void tf_ssb_test_peer_exchange(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	uv_loop_close(&loop);
 }
 
+void tf_ssb_test_publish(const tf_test_options_t* options)
+{
+	uv_loop_t loop = { 0 };
+	uv_loop_init(&loop);
+
+	unlink("out/test_db0.sqlite");
+	tf_ssb_t* ssb = tf_ssb_create(&loop, NULL, "file:out/test_db0.sqlite", NULL);
+	tf_ssb_register(tf_ssb_get_context(ssb), ssb);
+
+	char id[k_id_base64_len] = { 0 };
+	tf_ssb_whoami(ssb, id, sizeof(id));
+
+	char executable[1024];
+	size_t size = sizeof(executable);
+	uv_exepath(executable, &size);
+
+	char command[4096];
+	snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s publish -d out/test_db0.sqlite -u :admin -i %s -c '{\"type\": \"post\", \"text\": \"One.\"}'", executable, id);
+	int result = system(command);
+	(void)result;
+	assert(WIFEXITED(result));
+	printf("returned %d\n", WEXITSTATUS(result));
+	assert(WEXITSTATUS(result) == 0);
+
+	snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s publish -d out/test_db0.sqlite -u :admin -i %s -c '{\"type\": \"post\", \"text\": \"Two.\"}'", executable, id);
+	result = system(command);
+	assert(WIFEXITED(result));
+	printf("returned %d\n", WEXITSTATUS(result));
+	assert(WEXITSTATUS(result) == 0);
+
+	tf_ssb_destroy(ssb);
+
+	uv_run(&loop, UV_RUN_DEFAULT);
+	uv_loop_close(&loop);
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ssb.tests.h b/src/ssb.tests.h
index 192101b6..4bc0ff3b 100644
--- a/src/ssb.tests.h
+++ b/src/ssb.tests.h
@@ -59,4 +59,10 @@ void tf_ssb_test_encrypt(const tf_test_options_t* options);
 */
 void tf_ssb_test_peer_exchange(const tf_test_options_t* options);
 
+/**
+** Test publishing a message.
+** @param options The test options.
+*/
+void tf_ssb_test_publish(const tf_test_options_t* options);
+
 /** @} */
diff --git a/src/tests.c b/src/tests.c
index 818f97c3..46830d2c 100644
--- a/src/tests.c
+++ b/src/tests.c
@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ void tf_tests(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	_tf_test_run(options, "go-ssb-room", tf_ssb_test_go_ssb_room, true);
 	_tf_test_run(options, "encrypt", tf_ssb_test_encrypt, false);
 	_tf_test_run(options, "peer_exchange", tf_ssb_test_peer_exchange, false);
+	_tf_test_run(options, "publish", tf_ssb_test_publish, false);
 	tf_printf("Tests completed.\n");
 #endif
 }