diff --git a/test/ipa/ipa_env_var_test.cpp b/test/ipa/ipa_env_var_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a221cd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ipa/ipa_env_var_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * ipa_env_var_test.cpp - IPA environment variable test
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <libcamera/camera.h>
+#include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
+
+#include "test.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace libcamera;
+
+class IPAEnvVarTest : public Test
+{
+protected:
+	int init()
+	{
+		if (unsetenv("LIBCAMERA_IPA_MODULE_PATH")) {
+			cerr << "failed to unset LIBCAMERA_IPA_MODULE_PATH"
+			     << endl;
+			return TestSkip;
+		}
+
+		cm = CameraManager::instance();
+		cm->start();
+
+		return TestPass;
+	}
+
+	int run()
+	{
+		unsigned int count = 0;
+
+		for (const std::shared_ptr<Camera> &camera : cm->cameras()) {
+			cout << "- " << camera->name() << endl;
+			count++;
+		}
+
+		return count ? 0 : -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	void cleanup()
+	{
+		cm->stop();
+	}
+
+private:
+	CameraManager *cm;
+};
+
+TEST_REGISTER(IPAEnvVarTest)
diff --git a/test/ipa/meson.build b/test/ipa/meson.build
index bca39fa..7bc86fb 100644
--- a/test/ipa/meson.build
+++ b/test/ipa/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ipa_test = [
     ['ipa_test', 'ipa_test.cpp'],
+    ['ipa_env_var_test', 'ipa_env_var_test.cpp'],
 ]
 
 foreach t : ipa_test