diff --git a/src/variable.c b/src/variable.c
index ddfbe48..f8bee82 100644
--- a/src/variable.c
+++ b/src/variable.c
@@ -248,6 +248,14 @@ void variable_delete(Variable * variable)
 }
 
 
+/* variable_get_as */
+int variable_get_as(Variable * variable, VariableType type, void * result)
+{
+	/* FIXME implement */
+	return -1;
+}
+
+
 /* useful */
 /* variable_serialize */
 int variable_serialize(Variable * variable, Buffer * buffer, int type)
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 5263503..55c6010 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGETS	= string tests.log
+TARGETS	= string variable tests.log
 PREFIX	= /usr/local
 DESTDIR	=
 BINDIR	= $(PREFIX)/bin
@@ -25,14 +25,24 @@ string_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGSF) $(LDFLAGS)
 string: $(string_OBJS)
 	$(CC) -o string $(string_OBJS) $(string_LDFLAGS)
 
-tests.log: string
+variable_OBJS = variable.o
+variable_CFLAGS = $(CPPFLAGSF) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGSF) $(CFLAGS)
+variable_LDFLAGS = $(LDFLAGSF) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+variable: $(variable_OBJS)
+	$(CC) -o variable $(variable_OBJS) $(variable_LDFLAGS)
+
+tests.log: string variable
 	./tests.sh -P "$(PREFIX)" -- "tests.log"
 
 string.o: string.c ../src/string.c
 	$(CC) $(string_CFLAGS) -c string.c
 
+variable.o: variable.c ../src/variable.c
+	$(CC) $(variable_CFLAGS) -c variable.c
+
 clean:
-	$(RM) -- $(string_OBJS) $(tests.log_OBJS)
+	$(RM) -- $(string_OBJS) $(variable_OBJS) $(tests.log_OBJS)
 
 distclean: clean
 	$(RM) -- $(TARGETS)
diff --git a/tests/project.conf b/tests/project.conf
index 9e3c3be..4955e88 100644
--- a/tests/project.conf
+++ b/tests/project.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-targets=string,tests.log
+targets=string,variable,tests.log
 cppflags_force=-I ../include
 cflags_force=-W
 cflags=-Wall -g -O2
@@ -16,4 +16,11 @@ depends=../src/string.c
 [tests.log]
 type=script
 script=./tests.sh
-depends=string
+depends=string,variable
+
+[variable]
+type=binary
+sources=variable.c
+
+[variable.c]
+depends=../src/variable.c
diff --git a/tests/tests.sh b/tests/tests.sh
index e2a28d7..5e0b5c9 100755
--- a/tests/tests.sh
+++ b/tests/tests.sh
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ target="$1"
 > "$target"
 FAILED=
 ./string		>> "$target"	|| FAILED="$FAILED string"
+./variable		>> "$target"	|| FAILED="$FAILED variable"
 [ -z "$FAILED" ]			&& exit 0
 echo "Failed tests:$FAILED" 1>&2
 exit 2
diff --git a/tests/variable.c b/tests/variable.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e05e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/variable.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* $Id$ */
+/* Copyright (c) 2012 Pierre Pronchery <khorben@defora.org> */
+/* This file is part of DeforaOS System libSystem */
+/* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "System/variable.h"
+
+
+/* variable */
+static int _variable(char const * progname)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	Variable * variable;
+	const int samples[] = { 0, -1, 1, -127, -128, 126, 127 };
+	size_t i;
+	int32_t j;
+	int8_t i8;
+	size_t s;
+	void * p;
+
+	/* variable_new */
+	for(i = 0; i < sizeof(samples) / sizeof(*samples); i++)
+	{
+		printf("%s: Testing variable_new_deserialize_type(): %d\n",
+				progname, samples[i]);
+		i8 = samples[i];
+		s = sizeof(i8);
+		p = &i8;
+		if((variable = variable_new_deserialize_type(VT_INT8, &s, p))
+				== NULL)
+		{
+			printf("%s: %d: Test failed\n", progname, samples[i]);
+			ret += 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+		p = &j;
+		if(variable_get_as(variable, VT_INT32, p) != 0
+				|| j != samples[i])
+		{
+			printf("%s: %d: Test failed\n", progname, samples[i]);
+			ret += 1;
+		}
+		variable_delete(variable);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+/* main */
+int main(int argc, char * argv[])
+{
+	return (_variable(argv[0]) == 0) ? 0 : 2;;
+}