diff --git a/tests/cclass_test.c b/tests/cclass_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7061ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cclass_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "runtest.h"
+
+
+char testname[] = "cclass_test";
+
+int
+dummy_ok(void)
+{
+    return TEST_OK;
+}
+
+int
+dummy_failed(void)
+{
+    return TEST_FAILED;
+}
+
+int
+dummy_error(void)
+{
+    return TEST_ERROR;
+}
+
+testfunc tests[] = {
+    dummy_ok,
+    dummy_failed,
+    dummy_error
+};
+size_t count = FUNCS_COUNT(tests);
+
+// vim: set et ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/tests/runtest.c b/tests/runtest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..491fa35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runtest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include "runtest.h"
+
+#define TEST_OK_CHAR		'.'
+#define TEST_FAILED_CHAR	'F'
+#define TEST_ERROR_CHAR		'E'
+
+
+const char results[3] = {
+    TEST_OK_CHAR,
+    TEST_FAILED_CHAR,
+    TEST_ERROR_CHAR
+};
+
+
+void *
+load_symbol(void * dlhandle, const char * const symbol)
+{
+    void * sym = dlsym(dlhandle, symbol);
+    char * error;
+
+    if ((error = dlerror()) != NULL)  {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", error);
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    return sym;
+}
+
+void
+runtests(
+        const char * const filename,
+        size_t * _count,
+        size_t * failures,
+        size_t * errors)
+{
+    size_t * count;
+    testfunc * tests;
+    const char * const testname;
+    //char * const * funcnames;
+
+    size_t index;
+    void * dlhandle;
+
+    dlhandle = dlopen("./cclass.test", RTLD_LAZY);
+    if (!dlhandle) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", dlerror());
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    * (void **) (&count)     = load_symbol(dlhandle, "count");
+    * (void **) (&tests)     = load_symbol(dlhandle, "tests");
+    * (void **) (&testname)  = load_symbol(dlhandle, "testname");
+    // * (void **) (&funcnames) = load_symbol(dlhandle, "funcnames");
+    
+    *_count += *count;
+
+    printf("running tests for %s\n", testname);
+
+    for (index=0; index<*count; index++) {
+        int result = tests[index]();
+
+        switch (result) {
+            case TEST_FAILED: (*failures)++; break;
+            case TEST_ERROR:  (*errors)++; break;
+        }
+
+        putchar(results[result]);
+
+        if (79 == index%80) {
+            putchar('\n');
+        }
+
+        fflush(stdout);
+    }
+    puts("\n");
+
+    dlclose(dlhandle);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+    size_t count      = 0;
+    size_t errors     = 0;
+    size_t failures   = 0;
+    size_t assertions = 0;
+
+    DIR *  dir;
+    struct dirent * dirent;
+
+    dir = opendir(".");
+
+    dirent = readdir(dir);
+    while (dirent) {
+        if (0 == strcmp(".test", dirent->d_name + strlen(dirent->d_name) - 5)) {
+            runtests(dirent->d_name, &count, &failures, &errors);
+        }
+
+        dirent = readdir(dir);
+    }
+    closedir(dir);
+
+    printf("running %lu tests: %lu - OK, %lu - FAILED, %lu - ERRORS\n",
+            count,
+            count - errors - failures,
+            failures,
+            errors);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+// vim: set et ts=4 sw=4:
diff --git a/tests/runtest.h b/tests/runtest.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1a67d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/runtest.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef __RUNTEST_h__
+#define __RUNTEST_h__
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+
+enum RESULT_TYPES {
+    TEST_OK=0,
+    TEST_FAILED,
+    TEST_ERROR
+};
+
+typedef int (* testfunc)(void);
+#define FUNCS_COUNT(array)  (sizeof((array)) / sizeof(testfunc))
+
+extern char testname[];
+
+#endif//__RUNTEST_h__
+// vim: set et ts=4 sw=4: