diff --git a/tests/run.py b/tests/run.py
index 0aedac86..efea4548 100755
--- a/tests/run.py
+++ b/tests/run.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ runTestSuite = lambda(x): unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(x)
 
 def run_all():
 
+    import utiltests
     import specfiletests
     import metadatatests
     import constantstests
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ def run_all():
     import actionsapitests
 
     alltests = unittest.TestSuite((
+        utiltests.utiltests, 
         specfiletests.suite,
         specfiletests.suite,
         metadatatests.suite,
diff --git a/tests/utiltests.py b/tests/utiltests.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6540e65d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utiltests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+import unittest
+import os
+
+from pisi import version
+from pisi.util import *
+
+class UtilTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        pass
+        
+    def testSubPath(self):
+        self.assert_(subpath('usr', 'usr'))
+        self.assert_(subpath('usr', 'usr/local/src'))
+        self.assert_(not subpath('usr/local', 'usr'))
+
+suite = unittest.makeSuite(UtilTestCase)