diff --git a/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal b/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
index 71f6aa0dfa..8e496db145 100644
--- a/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
+++ b/cardano-cli/cardano-cli.cabal
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ test-suite cardano-cli-test
     filepath,
     hedgehog,
     hedgehog-extras ^>=0.6.1.0,
+    parsec,
     regex-tdfa,
     tasty,
     tasty-hedgehog,
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ test-suite cardano-cli-test
     Test.Cli.ITN
     Test.Cli.Json
     Test.Cli.MonadWarning
+    Test.Cli.Parser
     Test.Cli.Pioneers.Exercise1
     Test.Cli.Pioneers.Exercise2
     Test.Cli.Pioneers.Exercise3
diff --git a/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-test/Test/Cli/Parser.hs b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-test/Test/Cli/Parser.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80b88a07b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cardano-cli/test/cardano-cli-test/Test/Cli/Parser.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeApplications #-}
+
+module Test.Cli.Parser
+  ( hprop_integral_reader
+  , hprop_pair_integral_reader
+  )
+where
+
+import           Cardano.CLI.EraBased.Options.Common (integralParsecParser,
+                   pairIntegralParsecParser)
+
+import           Data.Bits (Bits)
+import           Data.Data (Typeable)
+import           Data.Either (isLeft, isRight)
+import           Data.Word (Word16)
+import qualified Text.Parsec as Parsec
+
+import           Hedgehog (Property, assert)
+import           Hedgehog.Extras (propertyOnce)
+
+-- | Execute me with:
+-- @cabal test cardano-cli-test --test-options '-p "/integral reader/"'@
+hprop_integral_reader :: Property
+hprop_integral_reader = propertyOnce $ do
+  assert $ isRight $ parse @Word "0"
+  assert $ isRight $ parse @Word "42"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word16 "-1"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "18446744073709551616"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "-1987090"
+
+  assert $ isRight $ parse @Word16 "0"
+  assert $ isRight $ parse @Word16 "42"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word16 "-1"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word16 "65536"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word16 "298709870987"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word16 "-1987090"
+ where
+  parse :: (Typeable a, Integral a, Bits a) => String -> Either String a
+  parse s =
+    case Parsec.runParser integralParsecParser () "" s of
+      Left parsecError -> Left $ show parsecError
+      Right x -> Right x
+
+-- | Execute me with:
+-- @cabal test cardano-cli-test --test-options '-p "/pair integral reader/"'@
+hprop_pair_integral_reader :: Property
+hprop_pair_integral_reader = propertyOnce $ do
+  assert $ isRight $ parse @Word "(0, 0)"
+  assert $ isRight $ parse @Word "   (   0  ,   0   )"
+  assert $ isRight $ parse @Word " (18446744073709551615   ,    18446744073709551614   )   "
+
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "(0, 0, 0)"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "(-1, 0)"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "(18446744073709551616, 0)"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "(0, 18446744073709551616)"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "(0, -1)"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "0, 0)"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "(0, 0"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "(0 0)"
+  assert $ isLeft $ parse @Word "(   0, 0"
+ where
+  parse :: (Typeable a, Integral a, Bits a) => String -> Either String (a, a)
+  parse s =
+    case Parsec.runParser pairIntegralParsecParser () "" s of
+      Left parsecError -> Left $ show parsecError
+      Right x -> Right x