diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a7776206..9f868788 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ performance-counter = ["phf", "phf_codegen", "csv", "serde_json"]
 name = "no_std_build"
 harness = false
 
+[[test]]
+name = "kvm"
+path = "tests/kvm/bin.rs"
+
 [build-dependencies]
 phf_codegen = { version = "0.7.7", optional = true }
 csv = { version = "0.14.3", optional = true }
@@ -37,3 +41,7 @@ serde_json = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 bitflags = "0.7"
 raw-cpuid = "2.*"
 phf = { version = "0.7.7", optional = true, features = ["core"] }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+kvm = "0.2"
+memmap = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95242582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+rm target/debug/kvm-1204d1237e8c62b6
+export CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_LINKER="$(dirname $0)/tests/kvm/linker.sh"
+cargo test --test kvm -- "$@"
diff --git a/tests/kvm/bin.rs b/tests/kvm/bin.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..97d57c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kvm/bin.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+#![feature(linkage, naked_functions, asm)]
+// In this example we will construct a single CPU x86 VM which will execute
+// "inb 0x01" at ring 0 with paging disabled
+
+extern crate kvm;
+extern crate memmap;
+
+use kvm::{Capability, Exit, IoDirection, System, Vcpu, VirtualMachine};
+use memmap::{Mmap, Protection};
+
+//#[allow(improper_ctypes)]
+extern {
+    static kvmtest_begin_loc: u8;
+    static kvmtest_end_loc:   u8;
+}
+
+#[naked]
+//#[allow(dead_code)]
+#[link_section = ".kvmtest"]
+#[linkage = "external" ]
+unsafe extern "C" fn use_the_port() {
+    asm!("inb $0, %al" :: "i"(0x01) :: "volatile");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn io_example() {
+    // Allocate 2MB for the guest memory
+    let mut anon_mmap = Mmap::anonymous(2 * (1 << 20), Protection::ReadWrite)
+                            .unwrap();
+    let slice = unsafe { anon_mmap.as_mut_slice() };
+    
+    let slice2: &mut [u8] = {
+        let kvmtest_begin: *mut u8 = &kvmtest_begin_loc as *const _ as _;
+        let kvmtest_end:   *mut u8 = &kvmtest_end_loc   as *const _ as _;
+        unsafe {
+            ::std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
+                kvmtest_begin,
+                (kvmtest_end as usize) - (kvmtest_begin as usize))
+        }
+    };
+
+    slice[0x100000..][..slice2.len()].copy_from_slice(slice2);
+    
+    println!("fn: {:x}", use_the_port as usize); // make sure is used
+
+    println!("slice: {:?}", slice2.as_ptr());
+    println!("len: {:x}", slice2.len());
+    println!("{:x}", slice[0]);
+    println!("{:x}", slice[1]);
+    println!("{:?}", &slice[..10]);
+
+    // Initialize the KVM system
+    let sys = System::initialize().unwrap();
+
+    // Create a Virtual Machine
+    let mut vm = VirtualMachine::create(&sys).unwrap();
+
+    // Ensure that the VM supports memory backing with user memory
+    assert!(vm.check_capability(Capability::UserMemory) > 0);
+    // Set the 2 MB range to start at physical address 0
+    vm.set_user_memory_region(0, slice, 0).unwrap();
+
+    // Create a new VCPU
+    let mut vcpu = Vcpu::create(&mut vm).unwrap();
+
+    // Set supported CPUID (KVM fails without doing this)
+    let mut cpuid = sys.get_supported_cpuid().unwrap();
+    vcpu.set_cpuid2(&mut cpuid).unwrap();
+
+    // Setup the special registers
+    let mut sregs = vcpu.get_sregs().unwrap();
+
+    // Set the code segment to have base 0, limit 4GB (flat segmentation)
+    sregs.cs.base = 0x0;
+    sregs.cs.limit = 0xffffffff;
+    sregs.cs.selector = 0x8;
+    sregs.cs._type = 0xb;
+    sregs.cs.present = 1;
+    sregs.cs.dpl = 0;
+    sregs.cs.db = 0;
+    sregs.cs.s = 1;
+    sregs.cs.l = 0;
+    sregs.cs.g = 1;
+    sregs.cs.avl = 0;
+
+    // We don't need to populate the GDT if we have our segments setup
+    // cr0 - protected mode on, paging disabled
+    sregs.cr0 = 0x50033;
+
+    // Set the special registers
+    vcpu.set_sregs(&sregs).unwrap();
+
+    let mut regs = vcpu.get_regs().unwrap();
+    // set the instruction pointer to 1 MB
+    regs.rip = 0x100000;
+    regs.rflags = 0x2;
+    vcpu.set_regs(&regs).unwrap();
+
+    // Actually run the VCPU
+    let run = unsafe { vcpu.run() }.unwrap();
+
+    // Ensure that the exit reason we get back indicates that the I/O
+    // instruction was executed
+    assert!(run.exit_reason == Exit::Io);
+    let io = unsafe { *run.io() };
+    assert!(io.direction == IoDirection::In);
+    assert!(io.size == 1);
+    assert!(io.port == 0x1);
+    unsafe {
+        println!("{:#?}", *run.io());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/kvm/link.ld b/tests/kvm/link.ld
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39937782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kvm/link.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*PHDRS
+{
+    test PT_LOAD FLAGS(0x7); /* rwx 0b111 *//*
+}*/
+
+SECTIONS
+{
+  .kvmtest :
+  {
+    kvmtest_begin_loc = .;
+    *(.kvmtest*)
+    kvmtest_end_loc = .;
+  } /* :test */
+}
+
+INSERT AFTER .rodata; /* do not override default script */
diff --git a/tests/kvm/linker.sh b/tests/kvm/linker.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3bd2f5dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/kvm/linker.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -x
+
+${CC:=cc}
+$CC -T $(dirname $0)/link.ld "$@"