diff --git a/test/config.sh b/test/config.sh
index 72661a8901..59fed154d4 100644
--- a/test/config.sh
+++ b/test/config.sh
@@ -190,6 +190,9 @@ imageTests+=(
 		ruby-bundler
 		ruby-nonroot
 	'
+	[rust]='
+		rust-hello-world
+	'
 	[silverpeas]='
 		silverpeas-basics
 	'
diff --git a/test/tests/run-rust-in-container.sh b/test/tests/run-rust-in-container.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9790d13571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/run-rust-in-container.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+testDir="$(readlink -f "$(dirname "$BASH_SOURCE")")"
+runDir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$BASH_SOURCE")")"
+
+source "$runDir/run-in-container.sh" "$testDir" "$1" cargo run -q --manifest-path=container/Cargo.toml
+
diff --git a/test/tests/rust-hello-world/container/Cargo.toml b/test/tests/rust-hello-world/container/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bccef9c084
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/rust-hello-world/container/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[package]
+name = "container"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Steven Fackler <sfackler@gmail.com>"]
+
+[dependencies]
+libc = "0.2" # just make sure we can pull dependencies
diff --git a/test/tests/rust-hello-world/container/src/main.rs b/test/tests/rust-hello-world/container/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7a11a969c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/rust-hello-world/container/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/test/tests/rust-hello-world/expected-std-out.txt b/test/tests/rust-hello-world/expected-std-out.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af5626b4a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/rust-hello-world/expected-std-out.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello, world!
diff --git a/test/tests/rust-hello-world/run.sh b/test/tests/rust-hello-world/run.sh
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..ad54c79eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/rust-hello-world/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../run-rust-in-container.sh
\ No newline at end of file