diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index 03098777..3e025469 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ case "$JOB_TYPE" in
 	. venv/bin/activate
 
 	pip install -r requirements.txt
+	pip install pyshark
 
 	# Execute automatically discovered unit tests first
 	python -m unittest discover -v -s tests/
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ case "$JOB_TYPE" in
 	# Run the test with physical cards
 	cd pysim-testdata
 	../tests/pysim-test.sh
+	../tests/pySim-trace_test.sh
 	;;
 "pylint")
 	# Print pylint version
diff --git a/pysim-testdata/pySim-trace_test_gsmtap.pcapng b/pysim-testdata/pySim-trace_test_gsmtap.pcapng
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..35c3003e
Binary files /dev/null and b/pysim-testdata/pySim-trace_test_gsmtap.pcapng differ
diff --git a/tests/pySim-trace_test.sh b/tests/pySim-trace_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0ec5e0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pySim-trace_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#/bin/bash
+
+PYSIM_TRACE=../pySim-trace.py
+GSMTAP_TRACE=pySim-trace_test_gsmtap.pcapng
+
+echo "pySim-trace_test - a test program to test pySim-trace.py"
+echo "========================================================"
+
+$PYSIM_TRACE gsmtap-pyshark-pcap -f $GSMTAP_TRACE
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo ""
+	echo "========================================================"
+	echo "Testrun with $GSMTAP_TRACE failed."
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "========================================================"
+echo "trace parsed without problems -- everything ok!"
+