diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index c27feb2..c52e256 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ link_directories(${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 SET(CERT_ROOT_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/certs")
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DCERT_ROOT_DIR=\"\\\"${CERT_ROOT_DIR}\\\"\"")
 
+add_executable(test_jwt_object test_jwt_object.cc)
+target_link_libraries(test_jwt_object ssl crypto gtest)
+
 add_executable(test_jwt_encode test_jwt_encode.cc)
 target_link_libraries(test_jwt_encode ssl crypto gtest)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_jwt_object.cc b/tests/test_jwt_object.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b19955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_jwt_object.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "jwt/jwt.hpp"
+
+namespace {
+
+struct Wrapper
+{
+    // The std::move here is required to resolve to the move ctor
+    // rather than to the universal reference ctor.
+    Wrapper(jwt::jwt_object&& obj) : object{std::move(obj)} {}
+    jwt::jwt_object object;
+};
+
+} // END namespace
+
+TEST (ObjectTest, MoveConstructor)
+{
+  using namespace jwt::params;
+
+  jwt::jwt_object obj{algorithm("hs256"), secret("secret")};
+
+  obj.add_claim("iss", "arun.muralidharan");
+
+  auto wrapper = Wrapper{std::move(obj)};
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(wrapper.object.header().algo(), jwt::algorithm::HS256);
+  EXPECT_EQ(wrapper.object.secret(), "secret");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(wrapper.object.payload().has_claim_with_value("iss", "arun.muralidharan"));
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) 
+{
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}