diff --git a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
index 46159b1594..eed749e315 100644
--- a/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/shell/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ FOREACH(T_OUT ${LEANBENCHTESTS})
            COMMAND bash "./test_single.sh" ${T_NAME})
 ENDFOREACH(T_OUT)
 
+# LEAN PLUGIN TESTS
+file(GLOB LEANINTERPTESTS "${LEAN_SOURCE_DIR}/../tests/plugin/*.lean")
+FOREACH(T ${LEANINTERPTESTS})
+  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(T_NAME ${T} NAME)
+  add_test(NAME "leanplugintest_${T_NAME}"
+           WORKING_DIRECTORY "${LEAN_SOURCE_DIR}/../tests/plugin"
+           COMMAND bash "./test_single.sh" ${T_NAME})
+ENDFOREACH(T)
+
 # LEANPKG TESTS
 # file(GLOB LEANPKGTESTS "${LEAN_SOURCE_DIR}/../tests/lean/leanpkg/*.sh")
 # FOREACH(T ${LEANPKGTESTS})
diff --git a/tests/plugin/Default.lean b/tests/plugin/Default.lean
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4d574ce82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/plugin/Default.lean
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import Init.Lean
+
+open Lean
+
+def oh_no : Nat := 0
+
+def snakeLinter : Linter :=
+fun env n =>
+  -- TODO(Sebastian): return actual message with position from syntax tree
+  if n.toString.contains '_' then throw "SNAKES!!"
+  else pure MessageLog.empty
+
+@[init]
+def registerSnakeLinter : IO Unit :=
+addLinter snakeLinter
diff --git a/tests/plugin/Default.lean.expected.out b/tests/plugin/Default.lean.expected.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d730c18cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/plugin/Default.lean.expected.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Default.lean:5:4: error: SNAKES!!
diff --git a/tests/plugin/test_single.sh b/tests/plugin/test_single.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..11600b8801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/plugin/test_single.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if [ $# -ne 2 -a $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: test_single.sh [file] [yes/no]?"
+    exit 1
+fi
+ulimit -s 8192
+BIN_DIR=../../bin
+export LEAN_PATH=../../library:.
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+    INTERACTIVE=no
+else
+    INTERACTIVE=$2
+fi
+f=$1
+ff=$(../lean/readlinkf.sh "$f")
+
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "msys" ]]; then
+    # Windows running MSYS2
+    # Replace /c/ with c:, and / with \\
+    ff=$(echo $ff  | sed 's|^/\([a-z]\)/|\1:/|' | sed 's|/|\\\\|g')
+fi
+
+DIFF=diff
+if diff --color --help >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  DIFF="diff --color";
+fi
+
+$BIN_DIR/lean --c="$ff".c "$ff"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to compile $ff into C file"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+$BIN_DIR/leanc -O3 -DNDEBUG -shared -o "$ff.so" $ff.c
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Failed to compile C file $ff.c"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+$BIN_DIR/lean --plugin="$ff.so" "$ff" | sed "s|^$ff|$f|" > "$f.produced.out"
+if test -f "$f.expected.out"; then
+    if $DIFF -u --ignore-all-space -I "executing external script" "$f.expected.out" "$f.produced.out"; then
+        echo "-- checked"
+        exit 0
+    else
+        echo "ERROR: file $f.produced.out does not match $f.expected.out"
+        if [ $INTERACTIVE == "yes" ]; then
+            meld "$f.produced.out" "$f.expected.out"
+            if diff -I "executing external script" "$f.expected.out" "$f.produced.out"; then
+                echo "-- mismatch was fixed"
+            fi
+        fi
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    echo "ERROR: file $f.expected.out does not exist"
+    if [ $INTERACTIVE == "yes" ]; then
+        read -p "copy $f.produced.out (y/n)? "
+        if [ $REPLY == "y" ]; then
+            cp -- "$f.produced.out" "$f.expected.out"
+            echo "-- copied $f.produced.out --> $f.expected.out"
+        fi
+    fi
+    exit 1
+fi