diff --git a/tests/check_serialization.cpp b/tests/check_serialization.cpp
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/check_serialization.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include "toml.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    if(argc != 2)
+    {
+        std::cerr << "usage: ./check [filename]" << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    const std::string filename(argv[1]);
+
+    {
+        const auto data = toml::parse(filename);
+        {
+            std::ofstream ofs("tmp.toml");
+            ofs << std::setprecision(16) << std::setw(80) << data;
+        }
+        const auto serialized = toml::parse("tmp.toml");
+
+        if(data != serialized)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "============================================================\n";
+            std::cerr << "result (w/o comment) different: " << filename << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "------------------------------------------------------------\n";
+            std::cerr << "# serialized\n";
+            std::cerr << serialized;
+            std::cerr << "------------------------------------------------------------\n";
+            std::cerr << "# data\n";
+            std::cerr << data;
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    {
+        const auto data = toml::parse<toml::preserve_comments>(filename);
+        {
+            std::ofstream ofs("tmp.toml");
+            ofs << std::setprecision(16) << std::setw(80) << data;
+        }
+        const auto serialized = toml::parse<toml::preserve_comments>("tmp.toml");
+        if(data != serialized)
+        {
+            std::cerr << "============================================================\n";
+            std::cerr << "result (w/  comment) different: " << filename << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "------------------------------------------------------------\n";
+            std::cerr << "# serialized\n";
+            std::cerr << serialized;
+            std::cerr << "------------------------------------------------------------\n";
+            std::cerr << "# data\n";
+            std::cerr << data;
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}