diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cccd6a58..50c3adf4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ tests/*.check
 !tests/translate.test
 !tests/non-executable-files-with-executable-bit.test
 !tests/bom.test
+!tests/mbrola.test
 
 espeak-ng.pc
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 46620321..55428b32 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ check:	tests/encoding.check \
 	tests/language-numbers-cardinal.check \
 	tests/language-numbers-ordinal.check \
 	tests/non-executable-files-with-executable-bit.check \
+	tests/mbrola.check \
 	tests/bom.check
 
 ##### fuzzer:
diff --git a/tests/mbrola.test b/tests/mbrola.test
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a945f7f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/mbrola.test
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Test a command for presence and ability to output the sha1 hash of a file.
+check_hashcmd() {
+        which $1 &&
+        $1 </dev/null 2>/dev/null |
+        awk '{if ($1 != "da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709") { exit 1; }}'
+}
+
+check_voice_folder() {
+        voice_file=${1#mb-}
+        if [ -f "/usr/share/mbrola/$voice_file" ]; then
+                voice_file="/usr/share/mbrola/$voice_file"
+        elif [ -f "/usr/share/mbrola/$voice_file/$voice_file" ]; then
+                voice_file="/usr/share/mbrola/$voice_file/$voice_file"
+        elif [ -f "/usr/share/mbrola/voices/$voice_file" ]; then
+                voice_file="/usr/share/mbrola/voices/$voice_file"
+        else
+                voice_file=""
+        fi
+}
+
+test_voice () {
+        MBVOICE=$1
+        EXPECTED=$2
+        TEST_TEXT=$3
+        check_voice_folder $MBVOICE
+        if [ "$voice_file" != "" ]; then
+                echo "testing ${MBVOICE} ${TEST_TEXT} ... "
+                ESPEAK_DATA_PATH=`pwd` LD_LIBRARY_PATH=src:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH} \
+                src/espeak-ng --stdout -v ${MBVOICE} "${TEST_TEXT}" | \
+                $sha1sum | awk '{ print $1 }' > actual.txt
+                echo "${EXPECTED}" > expected.txt
+                diff expected.txt actual.txt || exit 1
+        else
+                echo "$MBVOICE was not tested"
+        fi
+}
+
+# Test some common commands to find the correct one for the system being tested on.
+echo -n "checking for SHA1 hashing command ... "
+if check_hashcmd sha1sum; then
+        sha1sum=sha1sum
+elif check_hashcmd sha1; then
+        sha1sum=sha1
+elif check_hashcmd shasum; then
+        sha1sum=shasum
+else
+        echo "no"
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+
+echo -n "checking if MBROLA is installed ... "
+if [ "`which mbrola`" != "" ]; then
+        echo "yes"
+else
+        echo "no"
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+test_voice mb-fr4 31fae066f45d4a9dc56289344f28dd00bce77875 "Bonjour"
+
+