diff --git a/src/tests/test_proofofwork.py b/src/tests/test_proofofwork.py
index 567c201d..e85174f0 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_proofofwork.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_proofofwork.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 """
 Tests for proofofwork module
 """
+
+import hashlib
 import unittest
-
-from .common import skip_python3
-
-skip_python3()  # noqa:E402
+from binascii import unhexlify
+from struct import pack, unpack
 
 from pybitmessage import proofofwork
 
@@ -21,3 +21,16 @@ class TestProofofwork(unittest.TestCase):
         """just reproducing the empty test from proofofwork.init()"""
         self.assertEqual(
             proofofwork._doCPoW(2**63, ""), [6485065370652060397, 4])
+
+    def test_with_target(self):
+        """Do PoW with parameters from test_openclpow and check the result"""
+        target = 54227212183
+        initialHash = unhexlify(
+            '3758f55b5a8d902fd3597e4ce6a2d3f23daff735f65d9698c270987f4e67ad590'
+            'b93f3ffeba0ef2fd08a8dc2f87b68ae5a0dc819ab57f22ad2c4c9c8618a43b3'
+        )
+        nonce = proofofwork._doCPoW(target, initialHash)[0]
+        trialValue, = unpack(
+            '>Q', hashlib.sha512(hashlib.sha512(
+                pack('>Q', nonce) + initialHash).digest()).digest()[0:8])
+        self.assertLess((nonce - trialValue), target)