diff --git a/bfps/test_data/test_checkpoint_0.h5 b/bfps/test_data/test_checkpoint_0.h5
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e39c81b1e9e7fb991d78e95ac040a3cb7edb531e..df707401f7dbd1d4925b5df8b075d5af97bcad58 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -252,8 +252,10 @@ setup(
         packages = ['bfps'],
         install_requires = ['numpy>=1.8', 'h5py>=2.2.1'],
         cmdclass={'compile_library' : CompileLibCommand},
-        package_data = {'bfps': header_list + ['libbfps.a',
-                                               'install_info.pickle']},
+        package_data = {'bfps': header_list +
+                                ['libbfps.a',
+                                 'install_info.pickle'] +
+                                ['test_data/test_checkpoint_0.h5']},
         entry_points = {
             'console_scripts': [
                 'bfps = bfps.__main__:main',
diff --git a/tests/DNS/test_basic.py b/tests/DNS/test_basic.py
index 4b05585c3422ab35b07fe247a63954f2b3f2f182..1c37d06d8ff6ef25b69513009353cec70f73419a 100644
--- a/tests/DNS/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/DNS/test_basic.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-from bfps.DNS import DNS
+import os
 import numpy as np
 import h5py
 import sys
 
+import bfps
+from bfps import DNS
+
 
 def main():
     niterations = 32
@@ -12,6 +15,9 @@ def main():
     c.launch(
             ['NSVEparticles',
              '-n', '32',
+             '--src-simname', 'test',
+             '--src-wd', bfps.lib_dir + '/test_data',
+             '--src-iteration', '0',
              '--simname', 'dns_nsveparticles',
              '--np', '4',
              '--ntpp', '1',
@@ -22,8 +28,25 @@ def main():
              '--nparticles', '{0}'.format(nparticles),
              '--particle-rand-seed', '2',
              '--njobs', '{0}'.format(njobs),
-             '--wd', './'] + 
-             sys.argv[1:] )
+             '--wd', './'] +
+             sys.argv[1:])
+    f0 = h5py.File(
+            os.path.join(
+                os.path.join(bfps.lib_dir, 'test_data'),
+                'test_checkpoint_0.h5'),
+            'r')
+    f1 = h5py.File(c.get_checkpoint_0_fname(), 'r')
+    for iteration in [0, 32, 64]:
+        field0 = f0['vorticity/complex/{0}'.format(iteration)].value
+        field1 = f1['vorticity/complex/{0}'.format(iteration)].value
+        assert(np.max(np.abs(field0 - field1)) < 1e-5)
+        x0 = f0['tracers0/state/{0}'.format(iteration)].value
+        x1 = f1['tracers0/state/{0}'.format(iteration)].value
+        assert(np.max(np.abs(x0 - x1)) < 1e-5)
+        y0 = f0['tracers0/rhs/{0}'.format(iteration)].value
+        y1 = f1['tracers0/rhs/{0}'.format(iteration)].value
+        assert(np.max(np.abs(y0 - y1)) < 1e-5)
+    print('SUCCESS! Basic test passed.')
     return None
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':