diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index db81156..d20aeb8 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 
+add_subdirectory(event_test)
 add_subdirectory(expmap_test)
 add_subdirectory(serialization_test)
 add_subdirectory(topic2mcast_test)
diff --git a/tests/event_test/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/event_test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94db260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/event_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 - 2019 Continental Corporation
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
+
+project(test_event)
+
+find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+
+set(event_test_src
+  src/event_test.cpp
+  ../../src/core/src/ecal_event.cpp
+)
+
+ecal_add_gtest(${PROJECT_NAME} ${event_test_src})
+
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:eCAL::core,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
+  PRIVATE
+    eCAL::core
+    Threads::Threads)
+
+target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_14)
+
+ecal_install_gtest(${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY FOLDER testing/ecal/io)
diff --git a/tests/event_test/src/event_test.cpp b/tests/event_test/src/event_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c538c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/event_test/src/event_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 - 2019 Continental Corporation
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
+*/
+
+#include "ecal_event.h"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+TEST(Event, EventSetGet)
+{ 
+  // global parameter
+  const std::string event_name = "my_event";
+
+  // create named event
+  eCAL::EventHandleT event_handle;
+  EXPECT_EQ(true, eCAL::gOpenEvent(&event_handle, event_name));
+
+  // get none set event
+  EXPECT_EQ(false, gWaitForEvent(event_handle, 10));
+
+  // set event
+  EXPECT_EQ(true, gSetEvent(event_handle));
+
+  // get set event
+  EXPECT_EQ(true, gWaitForEvent(event_handle, 100));
+}