diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 8d94c29..678ae47 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -88,4 +88,21 @@ t = executable('plugins', test_sources,
                 )
 test('plugins', t, env: test_env)
 
+test_sources = [ 'test-sip.c' ]
+t = executable('sip', test_sources,
+               calls_sources, sip_sources,
+               calls_enum_sources, calls_resources,
+               wl_proto_sources, wayland_sources,
+               c_args : test_cflags_with_test_define,
+               link_args: test_link_args,
+               link_with : calls_vala,
+               dependencies: [calls_deps, sip_deps],
+               include_directories : [
+                   calls_includes,
+                   dummy_include,
+                   sip_include,
+                 ]
+               )
+test('sip', t, env: test_env)
+
 endif
diff --git a/tests/test-sip.c b/tests/test-sip.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..032a19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-sip.c
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 Purism SPC
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0+
+ *
+ * Author: Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras <evangelos.tzaras@puri.sm>
+ */
+
+#include "calls-sip-provider.h"
+#include "calls-sip-util.h"
+
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#include <sofia-sip/su_uniqueid.h>
+
+typedef struct {
+  CallsSipProvider *provider;
+} SipFixture;
+
+static void
+test_sip_provider_object (SipFixture   *fixture,
+                          gconstpointer user_data)
+{
+  SipEngineState state;
+
+  g_assert_true (G_IS_OBJECT (fixture->provider));
+  g_assert_true (CALLS_IS_MESSAGE_SOURCE (fixture->provider));
+  g_assert_true (CALLS_IS_PROVIDER (fixture->provider));
+  g_assert_true (CALLS_IS_SIP_PROVIDER (fixture->provider));
+
+  g_object_get (fixture->provider,
+                "sip-state", &state,
+                NULL);
+  g_assert_true (state == SIP_ENGINE_READY);
+}
+
+static void
+setup_sip (SipFixture   *fixture,
+           gconstpointer user_data)
+{
+  fixture->provider = calls_sip_provider_new ();
+}
+
+static void
+tear_down_sip (SipFixture   *fixture,
+               gconstpointer user_data)
+{
+  g_clear_object (&fixture->provider);
+}
+
+gint
+main (gint   argc,
+      gchar *argv[])
+{
+  gtk_test_init (&argc, &argv, NULL);
+
+  /* this is a workaround for an issue with sofia: https://github.com/freeswitch/sofia-sip/issues/58 */
+  su_random64 ();
+
+  g_test_add ("/Calls/SIP/object", SipFixture, NULL,
+              setup_sip, test_sip_provider_object, tear_down_sip);
+
+  return g_test_run();
+}