diff --git a/TestFWCore/CMakeLists.txt b/TestFWCore/CMakeLists.txt
index ae7c323..e6c4b4e 100644
--- a/TestFWCore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/TestFWCore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ gaudi_add_test(CreateExampleEventData
                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
                COMMAND gaudirun.py TestFWCore/options/createExampleEventData.py)
 
+gaudi_add_test(ReadExampleEventData
+               WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+               COMMAND gaudirun.py TestFWCore/options/readExampleEventData.py)
+
diff --git a/TestFWCore/options/readExampleEventData.py b/TestFWCore/options/readExampleEventData.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b756770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestFWCore/options/readExampleEventData.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from Gaudi.Configuration import *
+
+from Configurables import K4DataSvc
+podioevent = K4DataSvc("EventDataSvc")
+podioevent.input = "output_k4test_exampledata.root"
+from Configurables import CreateExampleEventData
+producer = CreateExampleEventData()
+
+from Configurables import PodioInput
+inp = PodioInput("InputReader")
+inp.collections = ["MCParticles", "SimTrackerHit"]
+
+from Configurables import ApplicationMgr
+ApplicationMgr( TopAlg=[inp],
+                EvtSel="NONE",
+                EvtMax=100,
+                ExtSvc=[podioevent],
+                OutputLevel=DEBUG,
+                )
+
+