diff --git a/tests/Tests/Writers/Docbook.hs b/tests/Tests/Writers/Docbook.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e815b4f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Tests/Writers/Docbook.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+module Tests.Writers.Docbook (tests) where
+
+import Test.Framework
+import Text.Pandoc.Builder
+import Text.Pandoc
+import Tests.Helpers
+import Tests.Arbitrary()
+
+docbook :: (ToString a, ToPandoc a) => a -> String
+docbook = writeDocbook def{ writerWrapText = False } . toPandoc
+
+{-
+  "my test" =: X =?> Y
+
+is shorthand for
+
+  test docbook "my test" $ X =?> Y
+
+which is in turn shorthand for
+
+  test docbook "my test" (X,Y)
+-}
+
+infix 4 =:
+(=:) :: (ToString a, ToPandoc a)
+     => String -> (a, String) -> Test
+(=:) = test docbook
+
+lineblock :: Blocks
+lineblock = para ("some text" <> linebreak <>
+                  "and more lines" <> linebreak <>
+                  "and again")
+lineblock_out :: String
+lineblock_out =   "<literallayout>some text\n" ++
+                  "and more lines\n" ++
+                  "and again</literallayout>"
+
+tests :: [Test]
+tests = [ testGroup "line blocks"
+          [ "none"       =: para "This is a test"
+                              =?> "<para>\n  This is a test\n</para>"
+          , "basic"      =: lineblock
+                              =?> lineblock_out
+          , "blockquote" =: blockQuote lineblock
+                              =?> ("<blockquote>\n" ++ lineblock_out ++ "\n</blockquote>")
+          , "footnote"   =: para ("This is a test" <> note lineblock <> " of footnotes")
+                              =?> ("<para>\n  This is a test<footnote>\n" ++
+                                   lineblock_out ++
+                                   "\n  </footnote> of footnotes\n</para>")
+          ]
+        ]
diff --git a/tests/test-pandoc.hs b/tests/test-pandoc.hs
index 74f8e5044..a7d4fca01 100644
--- a/tests/test-pandoc.hs
+++ b/tests/test-pandoc.hs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import qualified Tests.Readers.RST
 import qualified Tests.Writers.ConTeXt
 import qualified Tests.Writers.LaTeX
 import qualified Tests.Writers.HTML
+import qualified Tests.Writers.Docbook
 import qualified Tests.Writers.Native
 import qualified Tests.Writers.Markdown
 import qualified Tests.Shared
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ tests = [ testGroup "Old" Tests.Old.tests
           , testGroup "ConTeXt" Tests.Writers.ConTeXt.tests
           , testGroup "LaTeX" Tests.Writers.LaTeX.tests
           , testGroup "HTML" Tests.Writers.HTML.tests
+          , testGroup "Docbook" Tests.Writers.Docbook.tests
           , testGroup "Markdown" Tests.Writers.Markdown.tests
           ]
         , testGroup "Readers"