diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
index 6e9ace4..67afd77 100644
--- a/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/test/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/cucul -I$(top_srcdir)/caca -DDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\"
 
-noinst_PROGRAMS = colors demo dithering event export font gamma hsv spritedit transform unicode
+noinst_PROGRAMS = colors demo dithering event export font gamma hsv spritedit transform truecolor unicode
 
 colors_SOURCES = colors.c
 colors_LDADD = ../caca/libcaca.la ../cucul/libcucul.la @CACA_LIBS@
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ spritedit_LDADD = ../caca/libcaca.la ../cucul/libcucul.la @CACA_LIBS@
 transform_SOURCES = transform.c
 transform_LDADD = ../caca/libcaca.la ../cucul/libcucul.la @CACA_LIBS@
 
+truecolor_SOURCES = truecolor.c
+truecolor_LDADD = ../caca/libcaca.la ../cucul/libcucul.la @CACA_LIBS@
+
 unicode_SOURCES = unicode.c
 unicode_LDADD = ../caca/libcaca.la ../cucul/libcucul.la @CACA_LIBS@
 
diff --git a/test/truecolor.c b/test/truecolor.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f10b13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/truecolor.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ *  truecolor     truecolor canvas features
+ *  Copyright (c) 2006 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
+ *                All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ *  $Id$
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To
+ *  Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
+ *  http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#if defined(HAVE_INTTYPES_H)
+#   include <inttypes.h>
+#else
+typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int uint32_t;
+#endif
+
+#include "cucul.h"
+#include "caca.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    caca_event_t ev;
+    cucul_t *qq;
+    caca_t *kk;
+
+    int x, y;
+
+    qq = cucul_create(32, 16);
+    kk = caca_attach(qq);
+
+    for(y = 0; y < 16; y++)
+        for(x = 0; x < 16; x++)
+    {
+        uint16_t bgcolor = 0xff00 | (y << 4) | x;
+        uint16_t fgcolor = 0xf000 | ((15 - y) << 4) | ((15 - x) << 8);
+
+        cucul_set_truecolor(qq, fgcolor, bgcolor);
+        cucul_putstr(qq, x * 2, y, "CA");
+    }
+
+    caca_display(kk);
+
+    caca_get_event(kk, CACA_EVENT_KEY_PRESS, &ev, -1);
+
+    caca_detach(kk);
+    cucul_free(qq);
+
+    return 0;
+}
+