diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b685ee6f0d58063e53ab63c8e817f5fdd9f95a14..8126d21df975e4d5fe2f052c4165b2f0216f8b12 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ variables:
   DEPS: |
     git build-essential ca-certificates meson curl rustup
     meson libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev libglib2.0-dev gettext
-    patchelf desktop-file-utils
+    patchelf desktop-file-utils xauth xvfb
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
 
 .common_before_script: &common_before_script
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ build-lib:
     - meson install -C _build
     - meson test -C _build
 
+test:
+  stage: test+docs
+  needs: [build]
+  <<: *common_before_script
+  script:
+    - CARGO_HOME=_build/cargo PFS_RESOURCE_DIR=$PWD/_build/src xvfb-run cargo test
+
 check-po:
   stage: test+docs
   extends: .phosh-check-po
diff --git a/tests/api.rs b/tests/api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..39f4b48457e891c04914fe84b26fcbc207f32e57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use gtk::prelude::*;
+use gtk::{gio, glib};
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_new() {
+        assert_eq!(gtk::init().is_ok(), true);
+        pfs::init::init();
+
+        let file_selector = glib::Object::builder::<pfs::file_selector::FileSelector>()
+            .property("accept_label", "Done")
+            .property("title", "Select a File")
+            .property("current-folder", gio::File::for_path("/tmp"))
+            .build();
+
+        assert_eq!(file_selector.selected_choices().is_none(), true);
+        assert_eq!(file_selector.current_folder().is_some(), true);
+        assert_eq!(file_selector.current_folder().unwrap().uri(), "file:///tmp");
+    }
+}