diff --git a/tests/parse/test.py b/tests/parse/test.py
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parse/test.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+codepoints = 0
+
+file = '/usr/share/unicode/ucd/UnicodeData.txt'
+
+with open(file, mode='rt', encoding='utf-8') as unicode_data:
+    for line in unicode_data.readlines():
+        codepoint_string, name, category = line.split(';')[:3]
+        codepoint = int(codepoint_string, 16)
+        char = chr(codepoint)
+        codepoints = codepoints + 1
+
+print(codepoints)
+assert(codepoints > 32000)
diff --git a/tests/tests.yml b/tests/tests.yml
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+++ b/tests/tests.yml
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+---
+- hosts: localhost
+  tags:
+  - classic
+  roles:
+  - role: standard-test-basic
+    required_packages:
+    - unicode-ucd
+    - python36
+    tests:
+    - parse:
+        run: python3 test.py
+...