diff --git a/tests/normal.pl b/tests/normal.pl
index e086236..fcefc9c 100644
--- a/tests/normal.pl
+++ b/tests/normal.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+# Test EncFS normal and paranoid mode
+
 use Test::More qw( no_plan );
 use File::Path;
 use File::Copy;
diff --git a/tests/reverse.pl b/tests/reverse.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..85523e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/reverse.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# Test EncFS --reverse mode
+
+use Test::More qw( no_plan );
+use File::Path;
+use File::Temp;
+
+my $tempDir = $ENV{'TMPDIR'} || "/tmp";
+
+# Helper function
+# Create a new empty working directory
+sub newWorkingDir
+{
+    our $workingDir = mkdtemp("$tempDir/encfs-reverse-tests-XXXX")
+        || BAIL_OUT("Could not create temporary directory");
+
+    our $plain = "$workingDir/plain";
+    mkdir($plain);
+    our $ciphertext = "$workingDir/ciphertext";
+    mkdir($ciphertext);
+    our $decrypted = "$workingDir/decrypted";
+    mkdir($decrypted);
+}
+
+# Helper function
+# Unmount and delete mountpoint
+sub cleanup
+{
+    system("fusermount -u $decrypted");
+    system("fusermount -u $ciphertext");
+
+    rmtree($workingDir);
+    ok( ! -d $workingDir, "working dir removed");
+}
+
+# Helper function
+# Mount encryption-decryption chain
+#
+# Directory structure: plain -[encrypt]-> ciphertext -[decrypt]-> decrypted
+sub mount
+{
+    my $r=system("encfs --extpass=\"echo test\" --standard $plain $ciphertext --reverse > /dev/null");
+    ok($r == 0, "mounted ciphertext file system");
+
+    $r=system("ENCFS6_CONFIG=$plain/.encfs6.xml encfs --extpass=\"echo test\" $ciphertext $decrypted");
+    ok($r == 0, "mounted decrypting file system");
+}
+
+# Copy a directory tree and verify that the decrypted data is identical
+sub copy_test
+{
+    ok(system("cp -a encfs $plain")==0, "copying files to plain");
+    ok(system("diff -r -q $plain $decrypted")==0, "decrypted files are identical");
+
+    ok(-f "$plain/encfs/encfs.cpp", "file exists");
+    unlink("$plain/encfs/encfs.cpp");
+    ok(! -f "$decrypted/encfs.cpp", "file deleted");
+}
+
+newWorkingDir();
+mount();
+
+copy_test();
+
+cleanup();