diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -689,3 +689,7 @@
 if ENABLE_QT_TESTS
 include Makefile.qttest.include
 endif
+
+if BUILD_BITCOIN_SEEDER
+include Makefile.seedertest.include
+endif
diff --git a/src/Makefile.seedertest.include b/src/Makefile.seedertest.include
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Makefile.seedertest.include
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 The Bitcoin developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+bin_PROGRAMS += seeder/test/test_bitcoin-seeder
+TESTS += seeder/test/test_bitcoin-seeder
+
+seeder_test_test_bitcoin_seeder_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(BITCOIN_SEEDER_INCLUDES) \
+  $(SEEDER_INCLUDES) $(SEEDER_TEST_INCLUDES) $(TESTDEFS)
+
+seeder_test_test_bitcoin_seeder_SOURCES = \
+  seeder/test/seeder_tests.cpp
+
+seeder_test_test_bitcoin_seeder_LDADD = $(LIBBITCOIN_SEEDER)
+seeder_test_test_bitcoin_seeder_LDADD += $(BOOST_LIBS) $(BOOST_UNIT_TEST_FRAMEWORK_LIB)
+seeder_test_test_bitcoin_seeder_LDFLAGS = $(RELDFLAGS) $(AM_LDFLAGS) $(LIBTOOL_APP_LDFLAGS)
+seeder_test_test_bitcoin_seeder_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS) $(PIE_FLAGS)
+
+test_bitcoin_seeder : seeder/test/test_bitcoin-seeder$(EXEEXT)
+
+test_bitcoin_seeder_check : seeder/test/test_bitcoin-seeder$(EXEEXT) FORCE
+	$(MAKE) check-TESTS TESTS=$^
+
+test_bitcoin_seeder_clean: FORCE
+	rm -f $(seeder_test_test_bitcoin_seeder_OBJECTS)
diff --git a/src/seeder/CMakeLists.txt b/src/seeder/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/seeder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/seeder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,14 +6,19 @@
 
 include_directories(.)
 
-add_executable(bitcoin-seeder
+add_library(seeder-net
 	bitcoin.cpp
 	db.cpp
 	dns.cpp
-	main.cpp
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(bitcoin-seeder common)
+target_link_libraries(seeder-net
+	common
+)
+
+add_executable(bitcoin-seeder main.cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(bitcoin-seeder seeder-net)
 
 include(BinaryTest)
 add_to_symbols_check(bitcoin-seeder)
@@ -21,3 +26,5 @@
 
 include(InstallationHelper)
 install_target(bitcoin-seeder)
+
+add_subdirectory(test)
diff --git a/src/seeder/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/seeder/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seeder/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019 The Bitcoin developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+project(bitcoin-seeder-test)
+
+include(TestSuite)
+create_test_suite(bitcoin-seeder)
+add_dependencies(check check-bitcoin-seeder)
+
+add_boost_unit_tests_to_suite(bitcoin-seeder test_bitcoin-seeder
+  seeder_tests.cpp
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(test_bitcoin-seeder
+  seeder-net
+)
diff --git a/src/seeder/test/seeder_tests.cpp b/src/seeder/test/seeder_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seeder/test/seeder_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2019 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE Bitcoin Seeder Test Suite
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(seeder)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(parse_name_simple) {
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(true, true);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()