diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 93bf35e..efb192e 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+libsdl2-ttf (2.0.15+dfsg1-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Add an autopkgtest smoke-test, thanks to Simon McVittie for the patch.
+    (Closes: #941024)
+
+ -- Felix Geyer <fgeyer@debian.org>  Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:26:58 +0100
+
 libsdl2-ttf (2.0.15+dfsg1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Team upload.
diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 798b66d..d18716c 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 
 Files: debian/*
 Copyright: 2012-2013, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <mafm@debian.org>
+License: zlib/libpng
+
+
+Files: debian/tests/*
+Copyright: 2019 Collabora Ltd.
 License: zlib/libpng
 
 
diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb73f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Tests: libsdl2-ttf-dev
+Restrictions: allow-stderr, superficial
+Depends:
+ build-essential,
+ file,
+ fonts-cantarell,
+ libsdl2-ttf-dev,
+ xauth,
+ xvfb,
diff --git a/debian/tests/libsdl2-ttf-dev b/debian/tests/libsdl2-ttf-dev
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0fbf55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/tests/libsdl2-ttf-dev
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Copyright 2019 Collabora Ltd.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Zlib
+# (see "zlib/libpng" in debian/copyright)
+
+set -eux
+
+if [ -n "${AUTOPKGTEST_ARTIFACTS-}" ]; then
+	WORKDIR="$AUTOPKGTEST_ARTIFACTS"
+else
+	WORKDIR="$(mktemp -d)"
+	trap 'cd /; rm -fr "$WORKDIR"' 0 INT QUIT ABRT PIPE TERM
+fi
+
+cp showfont.c "$WORKDIR"
+
+cd "$WORKDIR"
+
+# Deliberately word-splitting pkg-config's output:
+# shellcheck disable=SC2046
+gcc -oshowfont showfont.c $(pkg-config --cflags --libs SDL2_ttf)
+
+set -- ./showfont
+
+if [ -z "${TEST_INTERACTIVE-}" ]; then
+	echo "(export TEST_INTERACTIVE=1 for an interactive test)"
+	set -- xvfb-run -a "$@" -dump
+fi
+
+set -- "$@" /usr/share/fonts/opentype/cantarell/Cantarell-Regular.otf
+
+"$@"
+
+if [ -z "${TEST_INTERACTIVE-}" ]; then
+	file glyph-100.bmp
+fi