diff --git a/auto_tests/tox_new_test.c b/auto_tests/tox_new_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99d1935b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auto_tests/tox_new_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include "../toxcore/tox.h"
+
+#include "../toxcore/ccompat.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+    tox_kill(tox_new(nullptr, nullptr));
+    return 0;
+}