diff --git a/tools/ocaml/Makefile b/tools/ocaml/Makefile
index 7252eb23d7..e570e30a6e 100644
--- a/tools/ocaml/Makefile
+++ b/tools/ocaml/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/Rules.mk
 
 SUBDIRS := libs
 SUBDIRS += xenstored
+SUBDIRS += tests
 
 .NOTPARALLEL:
 # targets here must be run in order, otherwise we can try
diff --git a/tools/ocaml/tests/Makefile b/tools/ocaml/tests/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9f3557f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ocaml/tests/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../../..
+include $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/Rules.mk
+
+SUBDIRS-y :=
+SUBDIRS-y += bindings
+
+.PHONY: all clean install distclean uninstall
+all clean distclean install uninstall: %: subdirs-%
diff --git a/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/.gitignore b/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e9a7f429b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test-ocaml-bindings
diff --git a/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/Makefile b/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75f8babbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+XEN_ROOT = $(CURDIR)/../../../..
+OCAML_TOPLEVEL = $(CURDIR)/../..
+include $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/common.make
+
+OBJS = main
+
+OCAMLINCLUDE += \
+	-I $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/xb \
+	-I $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/mmap \
+	-I $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/xc \
+	-I $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/eventchn
+
+LIBS = \
+	unix.cmxa \
+	-ccopt -L -ccopt $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/mmap $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/mmap/xenmmap.cmxa \
+	-ccopt -L -ccopt $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/eventchn $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/eventchn/xeneventchn.cmxa \
+	-ccopt -L -ccopt $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/xc $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/xc/xenctrl.cmxa \
+	-ccopt -L -ccopt $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/xb $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/libs/xb/xenbus.cmxa \
+	-ccopt -L -ccopt $(XEN_ROOT)/tools/libs/ctrl
+
+PROGRAMS = test-ocaml-bindings
+OCAML_PROGRAM = test-ocaml-bindings
+
+test-ocaml-bindings_LIBS = $(LIBS)
+test-ocaml-bindings_MLSORTED = $(shell $(OCAMLDEP) -sort $(OBJS:=.ml))
+test-ocaml-bindings_OBJS = $(test-ocaml-bindings_MLSORTED:.ml=)
+
+all: test-ocaml-bindings
+
+install: all
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC)/tests
+	$(INSTALL_PROG) test-ocaml-bindings $(DESTDIR)$(LIBEXEC)/tests
+
+include $(OCAML_TOPLEVEL)/Makefile.rules
diff --git a/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/main.ml b/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/main.ml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..785837e270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ocaml/tests/bindings/main.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+open Printf
+
+let xch = Xenctrl.interface_open ()
+
+let test_xenversion () =
+  let ver = Xenctrl.version xch in
+  printf "Xen version: %d.%d%s\n" ver.major ver.minor ver.extra
+
+
+let () =
+  printf "Test Ocaml Bindings\n%!";
+
+  test_xenversion ();
+
+  printf "Starting GC.compact()\n%!";
+  Gc.compact ();
+  printf "GC done\n";
+
+  ()