diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b7686b14..5f477699 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -606,6 +606,7 @@ if(WITH_TESTS)
     metadata_requirements_test
     pcm_sample_transformer_test
     pcmaudio_categorizer_test
+    terminal_test
     tool_main_test
     tools_test
     utils_test
diff --git a/test/terminal_test.cpp b/test/terminal_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8209539f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/terminal_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* vim:set ts=2 sw=2 sts=2 et: */
+/**
+ * \author     Marcus Holland-Moritz (github@mhxnet.de)
+ * \copyright  Copyright (c) Marcus Holland-Moritz
+ *
+ * This file is part of dwarfs.
+ *
+ * dwarfs 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, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * dwarfs 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 dwarfs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "dwarfs/terminal.h"
+
+using namespace dwarfs;
+
+TEST(terminal, ansi_color) {
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[0m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::NORMAL));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[31m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::RED));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[37m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::WHITE));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[90m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::GRAY));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[90m",
+            terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::NORMAL, termstyle::BOLD));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[1;31m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::BOLD_RED));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[1;31m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::RED, termstyle::BOLD));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[1;90m",
+            terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::GRAY, termstyle::BOLD));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[2;31m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::DIM_RED));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[2;31m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::RED, termstyle::DIM));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[2;90m", terminal_ansi_color(termcolor::GRAY, termstyle::DIM));
+
+  auto term = terminal::create();
+
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[0m", term->color(termcolor::NORMAL));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[31m", term->color(termcolor::RED));
+}
+
+TEST(terminal, ansi_colored) {
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[31mfoo\033[0m", terminal_ansi_colored("foo", termcolor::RED));
+  EXPECT_EQ("foo", terminal_ansi_colored("foo", termcolor::RED, false));
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      "\033[31mfoo\033[0m",
+      terminal_ansi_colored("foo", termcolor::RED, true, termstyle::NORMAL));
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      "\033[1;31mfoo\033[0m",
+      terminal_ansi_colored("foo", termcolor::RED, true, termstyle::BOLD));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[2;31mfoo\033[0m",
+            terminal_ansi_colored("foo", termcolor::RED, true, termstyle::DIM));
+  EXPECT_EQ("foo", terminal_ansi_colored("foo", termcolor::RED, false,
+                                         termstyle::BOLD));
+
+  auto term = terminal::create();
+
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[31mfoo\033[0m",
+            term->colored("foo", termcolor::RED, true, termstyle::NORMAL));
+  EXPECT_EQ("\033[1;31mfoo\033[0m",
+            term->colored("foo", termcolor::RED, true, termstyle::BOLD));
+  EXPECT_EQ("foo", term->colored("foo", termcolor::RED, false, termstyle::DIM));
+}