diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 09e77ea8..2d3aaa3a 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,3 +110,13 @@ target_compile_definitions(${VAD_TEST} PRIVATE
     SAMPLE_PATH="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/samples/jfk.wav")
 add_test(NAME ${VAD_TEST} COMMAND ${VAD_TEST})
 set_tests_properties(${VAD_TEST} PROPERTIES LABELS "base;en")
+
+if (WHISPER_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+    set(TEST_TARGET test-stream-pcm)
+    add_executable(${TEST_TARGET} ${TEST_TARGET}.cpp)
+    target_compile_definitions(${TEST_TARGET} PRIVATE
+        WHISPER_STREAM_PCM_PATH="${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/whisper-stream-pcm"
+        WHISPER_TEST_MODEL_PATH="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/models/for-tests-ggml-tiny.en.bin")
+    add_test(NAME ${TEST_TARGET} COMMAND ${TEST_TARGET})
+    set_tests_properties(${TEST_TARGET} PROPERTIES LABELS "tiny;stream")
+endif()
diff --git a/tests/test-stream-pcm.cpp b/tests/test-stream-pcm.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c29e94a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-stream-pcm.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#ifndef WHISPER_STREAM_PCM_PATH
+#error "WHISPER_STREAM_PCM_PATH is not defined"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef WHISPER_TEST_MODEL_PATH
+#error "WHISPER_TEST_MODEL_PATH is not defined"
+#endif
+
+static std::filesystem::path temp_pcm_path() {
+    std::error_code ec;
+    auto dir = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path(ec);
+    if (ec) {
+        return std::filesystem::path("whisper_stream_pcm_test.raw");
+    }
+    return dir / "whisper_stream_pcm_test.raw";
+}
+
+int main() {
+    const int sample_rate = 16000;
+    const int seconds = 2;
+    const size_t n_samples = (size_t) sample_rate * seconds;
+
+    std::vector<float> zeros(n_samples, 0.0f);
+
+    const auto pcm_path = temp_pcm_path();
+    std::ofstream out(pcm_path, std::ios::binary);
+    if (!out.is_open()) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "failed to open temp PCM path: %s\n", pcm_path.string().c_str());
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(zeros.data()), zeros.size() * sizeof(float));
+    out.close();
+
+    const std::string stream_bin = WHISPER_STREAM_PCM_PATH;
+    const std::string model_path = WHISPER_TEST_MODEL_PATH;
+
+    std::string cmd;
+    cmd.reserve(1024);
+    cmd += "\"" + stream_bin + "\"";
+    cmd += " -m \"" + model_path + "\"";
+    cmd += " --input \"" + pcm_path.string() + "\"";
+    cmd += " --format f32 --sample-rate 16000 --step 500 --length 2000 -t 1 -ng";
+
+    const int rc = std::system(cmd.c_str());
+
+    std::error_code ec;
+    std::filesystem::remove(pcm_path, ec);
+
+    if (rc != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "whisper-stream-pcm exited with code %d\n", rc);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}