diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d6b1dab28f3fe71fd75f9e3be653231295e3873..c5f31172e13a8765855f660f657f788e006d71bd 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ if(ENABLE_CJSON_TEST)
         parse_string
         parse_array
         parse_object
+        parse_value
     )
 
     foreach(unity_test ${unity_tests})
diff --git a/tests/parse_value.c b/tests/parse_value.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f0c8b6684b6c35c78a433b2a2ee40d70a6a35dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parse_value.c
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2009-2017 Dave Gamble and cJSON contributors
+
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+  in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+  to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+  copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+  furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+  all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+  IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+  AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "unity/examples/unity_config.h"
+#include "unity/src/unity.h"
+#include "../cJSON.c"
+
+static cJSON item[1];
+const unsigned char *error_pointer = NULL;
+
+static void assert_is_value(cJSON *value_item, int type)
+{
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL_MESSAGE(value_item, "Item is NULL.");
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL_MESSAGE(value_item->next, "Linked list next pointer is not NULL.");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL_MESSAGE(value_item->prev, "Linked list previous pointer is not NULL");
+    TEST_ASSERT_BITS_MESSAGE(0xFF, type, value_item->type, "Message type is not number.");
+    TEST_ASSERT_BITS_MESSAGE(cJSON_IsReference, 0, value_item->type, "Item should not have a string as reference.");
+    TEST_ASSERT_BITS_MESSAGE(cJSON_StringIsConst, 0, value_item->type, "Item should not have a const string.");
+    TEST_ASSERT_NULL_MESSAGE(value_item->string, "String is not NULL.");
+}
+
+static void assert_parse_value(const char *string, int type)
+{
+    TEST_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(parse_value(item, (const unsigned char*)string, &error_pointer));
+    assert_is_value(item, type);
+}
+
+static void reset(void)
+{
+    if (item->child != NULL)
+    {
+        cJSON_Delete(item->child);
+    }
+    if (item->valuestring != NULL)
+    {
+        cJSON_free(item->valuestring);
+    }
+    memset(item, 0, sizeof(cJSON));
+}
+
+static void parse_value_should_parse_null(void)
+{
+    assert_parse_value("null", cJSON_NULL);
+    reset();
+}
+
+static void parse_value_should_parse_true(void)
+{
+    assert_parse_value("true", cJSON_True);
+    reset();
+}
+
+static void parse_value_should_parse_false(void)
+{
+    assert_parse_value("false", cJSON_False);
+    reset();
+}
+
+static void parse_value_should_parse_number(void)
+{
+    assert_parse_value("1.5", cJSON_Number);
+    reset();
+}
+
+static void parse_value_should_parse_string(void)
+{
+    assert_parse_value("\"\"", cJSON_String);
+    reset();
+    assert_parse_value("\"hello\"", cJSON_String);
+    reset();
+}
+
+static void parse_value_should_parse_array(void)
+{
+    assert_parse_value("[]", cJSON_Array);
+    reset();
+}
+
+static void parse_value_should_parse_object(void)
+{
+    assert_parse_value("{}", cJSON_Object);
+    reset();
+}
+
+int main(void)
+{
+    /* initialize cJSON item */
+    memset(item, 0, sizeof(cJSON));
+    UNITY_BEGIN();
+    RUN_TEST(parse_value_should_parse_null);
+    RUN_TEST(parse_value_should_parse_true);
+    RUN_TEST(parse_value_should_parse_false);
+    RUN_TEST(parse_value_should_parse_number);
+    RUN_TEST(parse_value_should_parse_string);
+    RUN_TEST(parse_value_should_parse_array);
+    RUN_TEST(parse_value_should_parse_object);
+    return UNITY_END();
+}