diff --git a/test/test_runner.c b/test/test_runner.c
index fab9686..da30362 100644
--- a/test/test_runner.c
+++ b/test/test_runner.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ extern Suite *htable_suite(void);
 extern Suite *heapsort_suite(void);
 extern Suite *dstr_suite(void);
 extern Suite *val_str_suite(void);
+extern Suite *ticket_lock_suite(void);
 
 static suite_func suites[] = {
     bitvec_suite,
@@ -54,7 +55,8 @@ static suite_func suites[] = {
     threadqueue_suite,
     heapsort_suite,
     dstr_suite,
-    val_str_suite
+    val_str_suite,
+    ticket_lock_suite
 };
 
 int
diff --git a/test/test_ticket_lock.c b/test/test_ticket_lock.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e53f82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_ticket_lock.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include <check.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <ucore/ticket_lock.h>
+
+//this is intended more as an example
+//verifying multithreaded locks requires a more formal approach
+
+static int g_counter;
+static struct UCTicketLock lock;
+struct ThreadArg {
+    int rounds;
+    pthread_t tid;
+};
+static void *update_thread(void *arg)
+{
+    int i;
+    struct ThreadArg *targ = arg;
+    for (i = 0; i < targ->rounds; i++) {
+        uc_ticket_lock(&lock);
+        g_counter++;
+        uc_ticket_unlock(&lock);
+    }
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+#define NR_THREADS 5
+
+START_TEST(test_ticket_lock1)
+    struct ThreadArg threads[NR_THREADS];
+    int i;
+    printf("TICKET SUITE\n");
+
+    for (i = 0; i < NR_THREADS; i++) {
+        int rc;
+        threads[i].rounds = NR_THREADS - i;
+        rc = pthread_create(&threads[i].tid, NULL, update_thread, &threads[i]);
+        ck_assert_int_eq(0, rc);
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < NR_THREADS; i++) {
+        int rc;
+
+        rc = pthread_join(threads[i].tid, NULL);
+        ck_assert_int_eq(0, rc);
+    }
+
+    //should be sum of integers from 1 .. NR_THREADS
+    ck_assert_int_eq((NR_THREADS * (NR_THREADS + 1)) / 2, g_counter);
+
+
+END_TEST
+
+Suite *ticket_lock_suite(void)
+{
+    Suite *s = suite_create("ticket_lock");
+    TCase *tc = tcase_create("ticket_lock tests");
+    tcase_add_test(tc, test_ticket_lock1);
+    suite_add_tcase(s, tc);
+
+    return s;
+}