diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index ae27a4e73fbcf849d808b26bd5cca8ea042b5ba7..3d2fa7b3deb8d6266ff28cbf9ebdba706fbbc831 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     if (std.mem.eql(u8, step, "generate")) {
         addExeStep(b, target, mode, "generate", "generate.zig", "Generate the bindings");
     }
+
+    const tests = b.addTest(.{
+        .root_source_file = b.path("test.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = mode,
+    });
+    deps.addAllTo(tests);
+
+    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run all library tests");
+    const tests_run = b.addRunArtifact(tests);
+    tests_run.has_side_effects = true;
+    test_step.dependOn(&tests_run.step);
 }
 
 fn addExeStep(b: *std.Build, target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget, mode: std.builtin.Mode, name: []const u8, root_src: []const u8, sdescription: []const u8) void {
diff --git a/test.zig b/test.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d732811ce69e6263edf2aefff4dc6947d8599817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const ucd = @import("unicode-ucd");
+
+test {
+    _ = &ucd.arabic_shaping.data;
+    _ = &ucd.bidi_brackets.data;
+    _ = &ucd.bidi_mirroring.data;
+    _ = &ucd.blocks.data;
+    _ = &ucd.cjk_radicals.data;
+    _ = &ucd.case_folding.data;
+    _ = &ucd.composition_exclusions.data;
+    _ = &ucd.derived_age.data;
+    _ = &ucd.derived_core_properties.data;
+    _ = &ucd.east_asian_width.data;
+    _ = &ucd.emoji_sources.data;
+    _ = &ucd.equivalent_unified_ideograph.data;
+    _ = &ucd.hangul_syllable_type.data;
+    _ = &ucd.indic_positional_category.data;
+    _ = &ucd.indic_syllabic_category.data;
+    _ = &ucd.jamo.data;
+    _ = &ucd.line_break.data;
+    _ = &ucd.name_aliases.data;
+    _ = &ucd.named_sequences.data;
+    _ = &ucd.named_sequences_prov.data;
+    _ = &ucd.prop_list.data;
+    _ = &ucd.scripts.data;
+    _ = &ucd.vertical_orientation.data;
+    _ = &ucd.emoji.data;
+    _ = &ucd.script_extensions.data;
+    _ = &ucd.property_aliases.data;
+    _ = &ucd.property_value_aliases.data;
+    _ = &ucd.unicode_data.data;
+    _ = &ucd.special_casing.data;
+}