diff --git a/tests/mobject-connect-test.sh b/tests/mobject-connect-test.sh
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..9bd10ddd391da8a23509d4b8cf352a0f7e2103e4 100755
--- a/tests/mobject-connect-test.sh
+++ b/tests/mobject-connect-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash -x
+
+if [ -z $srcdir ]; then
+    echo srcdir variable not set.
+    exit 1
+fi
+if [ -z "$MKTEMP" ] ; then
+    echo expected MKTEMP variable defined to its respective command
+    exit 1
+fi
+source $srcdir/tests/mobject-test-util.sh
+
+TEST_DIR=`$MKTEMP -d /tmp/mobject-connect-test-XXXXXX`
+CLUSTER_GID_FILE=$TEST_DIR/cluster.gid
+
+# start 1 server with 2 second wait, 20s timeout
+mobject_test_start_servers 1 2 20 $CLUSTER_GID_FILE
+
+wait
+
+# cleanup
+rm -rf $TEST_DIR