diff --git a/tests/check-qdict.c b/tests/check-qdict.c
index dc5f05a85f..cab7dd093d 100644
--- a/tests/check-qdict.c
+++ b/tests/check-qdict.c
@@ -227,6 +227,85 @@ static void qdict_iterapi_test(void)
     QDECREF(tests_dict);
 }
 
+static void qdict_array_split_test(void)
+{
+    QDict *test_dict = qdict_new();
+    QDict *dict1, *dict2;
+    QList *test_list;
+
+    /*
+     * Test the split of
+     *
+     * {
+     *     "1.x": 0,
+     *     "3.y": 1,
+     *     "0.a": 42,
+     *     "o.o": 7,
+     *     "0.b": 23
+     * }
+     *
+     * to
+     *
+     * [
+     *     {
+     *         "a": 42,
+     *         "b": 23
+     *     },
+     *     {
+     *         "x": 0
+     *     }
+     * ]
+     *
+     * and
+     *
+     * {
+     *     "3.y": 1,
+     *     "o.o": 7
+     * }
+     *
+     * (remaining in the old QDict)
+     *
+     * This example is given in the comment of qdict_array_split().
+     */
+
+    qdict_put(test_dict, "1.x", qint_from_int(0));
+    qdict_put(test_dict, "3.y", qint_from_int(1));
+    qdict_put(test_dict, "0.a", qint_from_int(42));
+    qdict_put(test_dict, "o.o", qint_from_int(7));
+    qdict_put(test_dict, "0.b", qint_from_int(23));
+
+    qdict_array_split(test_dict, &test_list);
+
+    dict1 = qobject_to_qdict(qlist_pop(test_list));
+    dict2 = qobject_to_qdict(qlist_pop(test_list));
+
+    g_assert(dict1);
+    g_assert(dict2);
+    g_assert(qlist_empty(test_list));
+
+    QDECREF(test_list);
+
+    g_assert(qdict_get_int(dict1, "a") == 42);
+    g_assert(qdict_get_int(dict1, "b") == 23);
+
+    g_assert(qdict_size(dict1) == 2);
+
+    QDECREF(dict1);
+
+    g_assert(qdict_get_int(dict2, "x") == 0);
+
+    g_assert(qdict_size(dict2) == 1);
+
+    QDECREF(dict2);
+
+    g_assert(qdict_get_int(test_dict, "3.y") == 1);
+    g_assert(qdict_get_int(test_dict, "o.o") == 7);
+
+    g_assert(qdict_size(test_dict) == 2);
+
+    QDECREF(test_dict);
+}
+
 /*
  * Errors test-cases
  */
@@ -365,6 +444,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     g_test_add_func("/public/del", qdict_del_test);
     g_test_add_func("/public/to_qdict", qobject_to_qdict_test);
     g_test_add_func("/public/iterapi", qdict_iterapi_test);
+    g_test_add_func("/public/array_split", qdict_array_split_test);
 
     g_test_add_func("/errors/put_exists", qdict_put_exists_test);
     g_test_add_func("/errors/get_not_exists", qdict_get_not_exists_test);