diff --git a/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/Makefile b/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/Makefile
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+++ b/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/Makefile.include b/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/Makefile.include
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index 0000000000..ab8b0ccf19
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+++ b/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/Makefile.include
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+USEMODULE += zptr
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/tests-zptr.c b/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/tests-zptr.c
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index 0000000000..e08c3e520d
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+++ b/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/tests-zptr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "embUnit/embUnit.h"
+
+#include "zptr.h"
+#include "tests-zptr.h"
+
+static void test_zptr_basic(void)
+{
+    uint32_t val;
+    TEST_ASSERT(&val == zptrd(zptrc(&val)));
+}
+
+Test *tests_zptr_tests(void)
+{
+    EMB_UNIT_TESTFIXTURES(fixtures) {
+        new_TestFixture(test_zptr_basic),
+    };
+
+    EMB_UNIT_TESTCALLER(zptr_tests, NULL, NULL, fixtures);
+
+    return (Test *)&zptr_tests;
+}
+
+void tests_zptr(void)
+{
+    TESTS_RUN(tests_zptr_tests());
+}
+/** @} */
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/tests-zptr.h b/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/tests-zptr.h
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index 0000000000..4e429fb0aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unittests/tests-zptr/tests-zptr.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup  unittests
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Unittests for the ``zptr`` module
+ *
+ * @author      Kaspar Schleiser <kaspar@schleiser.de>
+ */
+#ifndef TESTS_ZPTR_H
+#define TESTS_ZPTR_H
+
+#include "embUnit.h"
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * @brief   The entry point of this test suite.
+ */
+void tests_zptr(void);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* TESTS_ZPTR_H */
+/** @} */