diff --git a/src/Makefile_Eolian.am b/src/Makefile_Eolian.am
index 3580893d49..2b84287140 100644
--- a/src/Makefile_Eolian.am
+++ b/src/Makefile_Eolian.am
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ tests/eolian/eolian_suite
 
 tests_eolian_eolian_suite_SOURCES = \
 tests/eolian/eolian_parsing.c \
+tests/eolian/eolian_static.c \
 tests/eolian/eolian_generation.c \
 tests/eolian/eolian_generated_future.c \
 tests/eolian/eolian_suite.c \
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ CLEANFILES += tests/eolian/generated_future.eo.h tests/eolian/generated_future.e
 tests_eolian_eolian_suite_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_builddir)/src/lib/efl -I$(top_builddir)/src/tests/eolian \
 -DTESTS_BUILD_DIR=\"$(top_builddir)/src/tests/eolian\" \
 -DTESTS_SRC_DIR=\"$(top_srcdir)/src/tests/eolian\" \
+-DEO_SRC_DIR=\"$(top_srcdir)/src/lib\" \
 -DEOLIAN_GEN="\"$(EOLIAN_GEN)\"" \
 @CHECK_CFLAGS@ \
 @EOLIAN_CFLAGS@ @EO_CFLAGS@
diff --git a/src/tests/eolian/eolian_static.c b/src/tests/eolian/eolian_static.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc156beb56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/eolian/eolian_static.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <Eolian.h>
+
+#include "eolian_suite.h"
+
+EFL_START_TEST(eolian_static_check)
+{
+   Eolian_State *eos = eolian_state_new();
+   fail_if(!eolian_state_directory_add(eos, EO_SRC_DIR));
+   fail_if(!eolian_state_all_eot_files_parse(eos));
+   fail_if(!eolian_state_all_eo_files_parse(eos));
+#if 0
+   /* too many failures to enable this yet */
+   fail_if(!eolian_state_check(eos));
+#endif
+   eolian_state_free(eos);
+}
+EFL_END_TEST
+
+void eolian_static_test(TCase *tc)
+{
+   tcase_add_test(tc, eolian_static_check);
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/eolian/eolian_suite.c b/src/tests/eolian/eolian_suite.c
index 491013950e..3b6de0a68d 100644
--- a/src/tests/eolian/eolian_suite.c
+++ b/src/tests/eolian/eolian_suite.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 static const Efl_Test_Case etc[] = {
   { "Eolian Parsing", eolian_parsing_test},
+  { "Eolian Static Analysis", eolian_static_test},
   { "Eolian Generation", eolian_generation_test},
   { NULL, NULL }
 };
diff --git a/src/tests/eolian/eolian_suite.h b/src/tests/eolian/eolian_suite.h
index 9a7ac72e15..d40b1df924 100644
--- a/src/tests/eolian/eolian_suite.h
+++ b/src/tests/eolian/eolian_suite.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <check.h>
 #include "../efl_check.h"
 void eolian_parsing_test(TCase *tc);
+void eolian_static_test(TCase *tc);
 void eolian_generation_test(TCase *tc);
 
 #endif /* _EOLIAN_SUITE_H */