diff --git a/test/api.sh b/test/api.sh
index 763f63d..9fee544 100755
--- a/test/api.sh
+++ b/test/api.sh
@@ -37,3 +37,8 @@ sleep 2
 ps fax |grep -A2 syslogd
 grep "troglobit - MSGID - ${MSG}" ${LOGV1} || (echo "== ${LOGV1}"; tail -10  ${LOGV1}; echo "== ${LOG}"; tail -10  ${LOG}; cat ${CONFD}/v1.conf; false)
 
+echo "= Phase 4 - Verify RFC5424 API with logger(1) ==========="
+../src/logger -p ftp.notice -u ${SOCK} -m "MSDSD" -d '[exampleSDID@32473 iut="3" eventSource="Application" eventID="1011"]' "waldo"
+sleep 2
+grep "exampleSDID@32473" ${LOGV1} || (echo "== ${LOGV1}"; tail -10  ${LOGV1}; false)
+