diff --git a/tests/test_setup.py b/tests/test_setup.py
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+"""Test Setup."""
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestSetup(unittest.TestCase):
+    # test the installation of libsndfile library
+    def test_soundfile(self):
+        import soundfile
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()