diff --git a/tests/color-manager-test.c b/tests/color-manager-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..337b3d7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/color-manager-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 Collabora, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the
+ * next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial
+ * portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "weston-test-client-helper.h"
+#include "weston-test-fixture-compositor.h"
+
+static enum test_result_code
+fixture_setup(struct weston_test_harness *harness)
+{
+	struct compositor_setup setup;
+
+	compositor_setup_defaults(&setup);
+	setup.renderer = RENDERER_GL;
+	setup.shell = SHELL_TEST_DESKTOP;
+
+	weston_ini_setup(&setup,
+			 cfgln("[core]"),
+			 cfgln("color-management=true"),
+			 cfgln("[output]"),
+			 cfgln("name=headless"),
+			 cfgln("use-renderer-shadow=true"));
+
+	return weston_test_harness_execute_as_client(harness, &setup);
+}
+DECLARE_FIXTURE_SETUP(fixture_setup);
+
+TEST(color_lcms_loads)
+{
+	struct client *client;
+
+	client = create_client();
+	client_roundtrip(client);
+	client_destroy(client);
+}
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 3cc02d55..4f7fcec2 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ tests = [
 	{	'name': 'alpha-blending', },
 	{	'name': 'bad-buffer', },
 	{	'name': 'buffer-transforms', },
+	{	'name': 'color-manager', },
 	{	'name': 'devices', },
 	{
 		'name': 'drm-formats',