diff --git a/tests/codec-regression.sh b/tests/codec-regression.sh
index 7448c033dc44e0f9092a4a8a878bea84a074697d..2a2ca1cb21676592e2b513f9ca334e3fdcd32c7b 100755
--- a/tests/codec-regression.sh
+++ b/tests/codec-regression.sh
@@ -248,6 +248,11 @@ do_video_encoding roqav.roq "" "-vframes 5"
 do_video_decoding "" "-pix_fmt yuv420p"
 fi
 
+if [ -n "$do_qtrle" ] ; then
+do_video_encoding qtrle.mov "" ""
+do_video_decoding "" ""
+fi
+
 if [ -n "$do_rgb" ] ; then
 do_video_encoding rgb.avi "" "-an -vcodec rawvideo -pix_fmt bgr24"
 do_video_decoding "" "-pix_fmt yuv420p"
diff --git a/tests/ref/vsynth1/qtrle b/tests/ref/vsynth1/qtrle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8aa578fcc3089436d765dbc52c71272c5624663f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/vsynth1/qtrle
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+3f070779d7deb54626515ac7f7002e63 *./tests/data/vsynth1/qtrle.mov
+387772 ./tests/data/vsynth1/qtrle.mov
+a3c2610e2c069c3ad22ec03da83f774f *./tests/data/qtrle.vsynth1.out.yuv
+stddev:   15.14 PSNR: 24.53 MAXDIFF:  174 bytes:  7603200/  7603200
diff --git a/tests/ref/vsynth2/qtrle b/tests/ref/vsynth2/qtrle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..756ed693a0a44af530d7638a8265a371a9b81404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ref/vsynth2/qtrle
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+5346bba8e03e7de72b482efbcf712a2e *./tests/data/vsynth2/qtrle.mov
+141533 ./tests/data/vsynth2/qtrle.mov
+f967b290c7e6d015c0e78175db828249 *./tests/data/qtrle.vsynth2.out.yuv
+stddev:    5.75 PSNR: 32.93 MAXDIFF:   92 bytes:  7603200/  7603200