diff --git a/src/Makefile.test-hush.include b/src/Makefile.test-hush.include
index e8d1f823c..022e0cf09 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.test-hush.include
+++ b/src/Makefile.test-hush.include
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@ bin_PROGRAMS += hush-test
 
 # tool for generating our public parameters
 hush_test_SOURCES = test-hush/main.cpp \
-	test-hush/test_netbase_tests.cpp
+	test-hush/test_netbase_tests.cpp \
+	test-hush/randomx.cpp
 #	test-hush/testutils.cpp \
 #	test-hush/test_cryptoconditions.cpp \
 #	test-hush/test_coinimport.cpp \
 #	test-hush/test_addrman.cpp 
 
 hush_test_CPPFLAGS = $(hushd_CPPFLAGS)
-
-#hush_test_LDADD = -lgtest $(hushd_LDADD)
-hush_test_LDADD = $(hushd_LDADD)
-
-hush_test_LDFLAGS = $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS) -static
+hush_test_LDADD    = $(hushd_LDADD)
+hush_test_LDFLAGS  = $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS) -static
diff --git a/src/test-hush/randomx.cpp b/src/test-hush/randomx.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..127565f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test-hush/randomx.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016-now The Hush developers
+// Distributed under the GPLv3 software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <boost/thread.hpp>
+
+#include "addrman.h"
+#include <string>
+#include "netbase.h"
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#include "RandomX/src/randomx.h"
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(randomx)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_basic) {
+    randomx_flags flags         = randomx_get_flags();
+    randomx_cache *randomxCache = randomx_alloc_cache(flags);
+    BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(randomxCache != NULL, "randomxCache is not null");
+
+    randomx_dataset *randomxDataset = randomx_alloc_dataset(flags);
+    BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(randomxDataset != NULL, "randomxDataset is not null");
+
+    auto datasetItemCount = randomx_dataset_item_count();
+    BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE( datasetItemCount > 0, "datasetItemCount is positive");
+
+    // unknown location(0): fatal error: in "randomx/test_basic": memory access violation at address: 0x7f6983ce2000: invalid permissions
+
+    /* TODO
+    randomx_init_dataset(randomxDataset, randomxCache, 0, datasetItemCount);
+
+    char randomxHash[RANDOMX_HASH_SIZE];
+    randomx_vm *myVM = nullptr;
+
+    myVM = randomx_create_vm(flags, nullptr, randomxDataset);
+    BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(myVM != NULL, "randomx_vm is not null");
+
+    CDataStream randomxInput(SER_NETWORK, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
+    randomxInput << "stuff and things";
+    randomx_calculate_hash(myVM, &randomxInput, sizeof randomxInput, randomxHash);
+    */
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+