diff --git a/tests/Android.mk b/tests/Android.mk
index c7356b8..7292d9d 100644
--- a/tests/Android.mk
+++ b/tests/Android.mk
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     net_if_test.cpp \
     netinet_in_test.cpp \
     netinet_udp_test.cpp \
+    nl_types_test.cpp \
     pthread_test.cpp \
     pty_test.cpp \
     regex_test.cpp \
diff --git a/tests/nl_types_test.cpp b/tests/nl_types_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e3995b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nl_types_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <nl_types.h>
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+TEST(nl_types, smoke) {
+  nl_catd cat = catopen("/does/not/exist", NL_CAT_LOCALE);
+  ASSERT_EQ(reinterpret_cast<nl_catd>(-1), cat);
+
+  ASSERT_STREQ("hello, world!", catgets(cat, NL_SETD, 0, "hello, world!"));
+
+  errno = 0;
+  ASSERT_EQ(-1, catclose(cat));
+  ASSERT_EQ(EBADF, errno);
+}