diff --git a/tests/test_presto_python.py b/tests/test_presto_python.py
index 58b9a05d5..d72c00cdc 100644
--- a/tests/test_presto_python.py
+++ b/tests/test_presto_python.py
@@ -158,3 +158,10 @@
                              50.0*presto.DEGTORAD, -10.0*presto.DEGTORAD)
 assert(round(160334.960*presto.ARCSEC2RAD-ang, 7)==0)
 print "success"
+
+print "Testing get_baryv (barycenter)...",
+vavg1 = presto.get_baryv("18:24:32.9520", "-24:52:12.0000",
+                         56421.44222222222222, 214.5386496, obs="GB")
+vavg2 = -7.2069293455783169e-05
+assert(round(vavg1-vavg2, 10)==0)
+print "success"