diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
index 7e563b8..c75e349 100644
--- a/test/.gitignore
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+*.o
 *.log
 *.trs
+api
diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 18f9ec6..79d6f33 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 EXTRA_DIST       = start.sh stop.sh
-EXTRA_DIST      += local.sh remote.sh
+EXTRA_DIST      += api.sh local.sh remote.sh
 CLEANFILES       = *~ *.trs *.log
 TEST_EXTENSIONS  = .sh
 
+check_PROGRAMS   = api
+api_SOURCES      = api.c
+api_CFLAGS       = -I../src
+api_LDFLAGS      = -static
+api_LDADD        = -L../src ../src/libsyslog.la
+
 TESTS            = start.sh
 TESTS           += local.sh
 TESTS           += remote.sh
+TESTS           += api.sh
 TESTS           += stop.sh
+
diff --git a/test/api.c b/test/api.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d89b8b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/api.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "syslog.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+	char *msg = getenv("MSG");
+
+	if (!msg)
+		return 1;
+
+	syslog(LOG_ERR, msg);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test/api.sh b/test/api.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c97c18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/api.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+. ./test.rc
+
+export MSG="no-openlog-apitest"
+./api
+grep "api ${MSG}" ${LOG}
diff --git a/test/test.rc b/test/test.rc
index 4d00bb5..ff4e43a 100644
--- a/test/test.rc
+++ b/test/test.rc
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@ CAP=/tmp/${NM}.pcapng
 CONF=/tmp/${NM}.conf
 CONFD=/tmp/${NM}.d
 SOCK=/tmp/${NM}.sock
-PORT=5514
\ No newline at end of file
+PORT=5514
+
+export SYSLOG_UNIX_PATH=${SOCK}