--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# check that simple requiring BigRat works
+
+use strict;
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+my ($x);
+
+require Math::BigRat; $x = Math::BigRat->new(1); ++$x;
+
+is ($x, 2, '$x got successfully modified');
+
+# all tests done