diff --git a/minode/tests/test_queue.py b/minode/tests/test_queue.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95e20ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/minode/tests/test_queue.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import time
+
+import zmq
+
+from .test_process import TestProcessProto
+
+
+class TestProcessQueue(TestProcessProto):
+    _process_cmd = ['minode', '--msg-queue']
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super().setUpClass()
+        context = zmq.Context()
+        cls.socket = context.socket(zmq.SUB)
+        cls.socket.connect('tcp://localhost:5556')
+        cls.socket.setsockopt(zmq.RCVTIMEO, 120000)
+        cls.socket.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, b'obj')
+
+    def test_receive_msg(self):
+        """wait a couple of messages"""
+        timeout = 240
+        start = time.time()
+        c = 0
+        while time.time() - start < timeout:
+            if c > 1:
+                return
+            try:
+                tag, data = self.socket.recv().split(b'\x00', 1)
+            except zmq.error.Again:
+                time.sleep(2)
+                continue
+            else:
+                c += 1
+                self.assertEqual(tag, b'obj')
+
+        if c == 0:
+            self.fail('No messages received in %ss' % timeout)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e560573..2e91134 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 coverage
 psutil
+pyzmq