diff --git a/tests/test-tag b/tests/test-tag
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-tag
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh -x
+
+hg init
+echo a > a
+hg add a
+hg commit -t "test" -u test -d "0 0"
+hg history
+hg tag -u test -d "0 0" "bleah" 
+hg history
+
+echo foo >> .hgtags
+hg tag -u test -d "0 0" "bleah2" || echo "failed" 
+