diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 70f38f6f0688701fb06281064ed53a173222e039..7b3937a2e9334d6f0a585b21dd20d5ffb26a5c94 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ if (OPENDHT_TESTS)
       tests/dhtrunnertester.cpp
       tests/peerdiscoverytester.h
       tests/peerdiscoverytester.cpp
+      tests/threadpooltester.h
+      tests/threadpooltester.cpp
     )
     if (OPENDHT_PROXY_SERVER AND OPENDHT_PROXY_CLIENT)
       list (APPEND test_FILES
diff --git a/tests/threadpooltester.cpp b/tests/threadpooltester.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..769da3b6240def4da96a22de6abe7dd04d696e42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/threadpooltester.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Savoir-faire Linux Inc.
+ *
+ *  Author: Adrien Béraud <adrien.beraud@savoirfairelinux.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "threadpooltester.h"
+
+#include "opendht/thread_pool.h"
+#include <atomic>
+
+namespace test {
+CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(ThreadPoolTester);
+using clock = std::chrono::steady_clock;
+
+void
+ThreadPoolTester::setUp() {
+
+}
+
+void
+ThreadPoolTester::testThreadPool() {
+    dht::ThreadPool pool(16);
+
+    constexpr unsigned N = 64 * 1024;
+    std::atomic_uint count {0};
+    for (unsigned i=0; i<N; i++)
+        pool.run([&] {
+            count++;
+        });
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    while (count.load() != N && clock::now() - start < std::chrono::seconds(10))
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+
+    pool.join();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(count.load() == N);
+}
+
+void
+ThreadPoolTester::testExecutor()
+{
+    dht::ThreadPool pool(8);
+    auto executor1 = std::make_shared<dht::Executor>(pool, 1);
+    auto executor4 = std::make_shared<dht::Executor>(pool, 4);
+    auto executor8 = std::make_shared<dht::Executor>(pool, 8);
+
+    constexpr unsigned N = 64 * 1024;
+    std::atomic_uint count1 {0};
+    std::atomic_uint count4 {0};
+    std::atomic_uint count8 {0};
+    for (unsigned i=0; i<N; i++) {
+        executor1->run([&] { count1++; });
+        executor4->run([&] { count4++; });
+        executor8->run([&] { count8++; });
+    }
+
+    auto start = clock::now();
+    while ((count1.load() != N ||
+            count4.load() != N ||
+            count8.load() != N) && clock::now() - start < std::chrono::seconds(20))
+    {
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+    }
+    executor1.reset();
+    executor4.reset();
+    executor8.reset();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(N, count1.load());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(N, count4.load());
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(N, count8.load());
+}
+
+void
+ThreadPoolTester::tearDown() {
+}
+
+}  // namespace test
diff --git a/tests/threadpooltester.h b/tests/threadpooltester.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f55addbf528781f19ccde22854cff85ba3042633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/threadpooltester.h
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019 Savoir-faire Linux Inc.
+ *
+ *  Author: Adrien Béraud <adrien.beraud@savoirfairelinux.com>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+// cppunit
+#include <cppunit/TestFixture.h>
+#include <cppunit/extensions/HelperMacros.h>
+
+namespace test {
+
+class ThreadPoolTester : public CppUnit::TestFixture {
+    CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(ThreadPoolTester);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST(testThreadPool);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST(testExecutor);
+    CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+ public:
+    /**
+     * Method automatically called before each test by CppUnit
+     */
+    void setUp();
+    /**
+     * Method automatically called after each test CppUnit
+     */
+    void tearDown();
+
+    void testThreadPool();
+    void testExecutor();
+};
+
+}  // namespace test