diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index ac1182e37a..71f3e12178 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ tests += [
         [['src/test/test-psi-util.c'],
          [],
          []],
+
+        [['src/test/test-qrcode-util.c'],
+         [libshared],
+         [libdl]],
 ]
 
 ############################################################
diff --git a/src/test/test-qrcode-util.c b/src/test/test-qrcode-util.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c4e2894eb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test-qrcode-util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
+
+#include "locale-util.h"
+#include "main-func.h"
+#include "qrcode-util.h"
+#include "tests.h"
+
+static int run(int argc, char **argv) {
+        int r;
+
+        test_setup_logging(LOG_DEBUG);
+
+        assert_se(setenv("SYSTEMD_COLORS", "1", 1) == 0); /* Force the qrcode to be printed */
+
+        r = print_qrcode(stdout, "This should say \"TEST\"", "TEST");
+        if (r == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+                return log_tests_skipped("not supported");
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to print QR code: %m");
+        return 0;
+}
+
+DEFINE_MAIN_FUNCTION(run);