diff --git a/libp2p.nimble b/libp2p.nimble
index def5c4555..f52d2c841 100644
--- a/libp2p.nimble
+++ b/libp2p.nimble
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ skipDirs      = @["tests", "Nim"]
 requires "nim > 0.18.0"
 
 task tests, "Runs the test suite":
-  exec "nim c -r tests/testpbvarint"
\ No newline at end of file
+  exec "nim c -r tests/testpbvarint"
+  exec "nim c -r tests/testdaemon"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/testdaemon.nim b/tests/testdaemon.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35e603519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testdaemon.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import unittest
+import asyncdispatch2
+import ../libp2p/daemon/daemonapi
+
+proc identitySpawnTest(): Future[bool] {.async.} =
+  var api = await newDaemonApi(sockpath = "/tmp/p2pd-1.sock")
+  var data = await api.identity()
+  await api.close()
+  result = true
+
+when isMainModule:
+  suite "libp2p-daemon test suite":
+    test "Simple spawn and get identity test":
+      waitFor identitySpawnTest() == true