diff --git a/src/test/DAMASK_test.f90 b/src/test/DAMASK_test.f90
index 37e1256cd..34c1dc88a 100644
--- a/src/test/DAMASK_test.f90
+++ b/src/test/DAMASK_test.f90
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 program DAMASK_test
-  use prec
+  use parallelization
+  use HDF5_utilities
 
+  use test_prec
+  use test_HDF5_utilities
 
-  call prec_selfTest()
+  call prec_test()
+
+  call parallelization_init()
+  call HDF5_utilities_init()
+
+  call HDF5_utilities_test()
 
 end program DAMASK_test
diff --git a/src/test/test_HDF5_utilities.f90 b/src/test/test_HDF5_utilities.f90
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..815bbe671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test_HDF5_utilities.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+module test_HDF5_utilities
+  use prec
+  use HDF5
+  use HDF5_utilities
+
+  implicit none(type,external)
+
+  private
+  public :: HDF5_utilities_test
+
+  contains
+
+subroutine HDF5_utilities_test()
+
+  print*, 'begin test HDF5_utilities'
+  call test_read_write()
+  print*, 'end test HDF5_utilities'
+
+end subroutine HDF5_utilities_test
+
+
+subroutine test_read_write()
+
+  integer(HID_T) :: f
+  real(pReal), dimension(3) :: d_in,d_out
+
+
+  call random_number(d_in)
+
+  f = HDF5_openFile('test.hdf5','w')
+
+  call HDF5_write(d_in,f,'test')
+  call HDF5_read(d_out,f,'test')
+
+  if (any(d_in /= d_out)) error stop 'test_read_write'
+
+end subroutine test_read_write
+
+end module test_HDF5_utilities
diff --git a/src/test/test_prec.f90 b/src/test/test_prec.f90
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa18d01a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/test_prec.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module test_prec
+  use prec
+
+  implicit none(type,external)
+
+  private
+  public :: prec_test
+
+  contains
+
+subroutine prec_test()
+
+  print*, 'begin test prec'
+  call prec_selfTest()
+  print*, 'end test prec'
+
+end subroutine prec_test
+
+end module test_prec