diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 24ebde951f..faaff386e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ tempdir = "*"
 faerie = "0.6.0"
 target-lexicon = { version = "0.2.0", default-features = false }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+wabt = "0.7"
+
 [workspace]
diff --git a/filetests/rs2wasm-add-func.wat b/filetests/rs2wasm-add-func.wat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21ff7f5d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filetests/rs2wasm-add-func.wat
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+(module
+  (type (;0;) (func))
+  (type (;1;) (func (param i32 i32) (result i32)))
+  (func $add (type 1) (param i32 i32) (result i32)
+    get_local 1
+    get_local 0
+    i32.add)
+  (func $start (type 0))
+  (table (;0;) 1 1 anyfunc)
+  (memory (;0;) 17)
+  (global (;0;) i32 (i32.const 1049114))
+  (global (;1;) i32 (i32.const 1049114))
+  (export "memory" (memory 0))
+  (export "__indirect_function_table" (table 0))
+  (export "__heap_base" (global 0))
+  (export "__data_end" (global 1))
+  (export "add" (func $add))
+  (export "start" (func $start))
+  (data (i32.const 1048576) "\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00\00")
+  (data (i32.const 1049092) "invalid malloc request"))
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 99914c527a..25a3ec1441 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ extern crate wasmtime_execute;
 extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate tempdir;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+extern crate wabt;
+
 use cranelift_codegen::isa::TargetIsa;
 use cranelift_codegen::settings;
 use cranelift_codegen::settings::Configurable;
@@ -215,3 +218,39 @@ fn handle_module(args: &Args, path: PathBuf, isa: &TargetIsa) -> Result<(), Stri
     }
     Ok(())
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use cranelift_codegen::settings;
+    use cranelift_codegen::settings::Configurable;
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+    use wabt;
+    use wasmtime_environ::{Module, ModuleEnvironment};
+
+    const PATH_MODULE_RS2WASM_ADD_FUNC: &str = r"filetests/rs2wasm-add-func.wat";
+
+    /// Simple test reading a wasm-file and translating to binary representation.
+    #[test]
+    fn test_environ_translate() {
+        let path = PathBuf::from(PATH_MODULE_RS2WASM_ADD_FUNC);
+        let wat_data = super::read_to_end(path).unwrap();
+        assert!(wat_data.len() > 0);
+
+        let data = wabt::wat2wasm(wat_data).expect("expecting valid wat-file");
+        assert!(data.len() > 0);
+
+        let mut flag_builder = settings::builder();
+        flag_builder.enable("enable_verifier").unwrap();
+
+        let isa_builder = cranelift_native::builder().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+            panic!("host machine is not a supported target");
+        });
+        let isa = isa_builder.finish(settings::Flags::new(flag_builder));
+
+        let mut module = Module::new();
+        let environ = ModuleEnvironment::new(&*isa, &mut module);
+
+        let translation = environ.translate(&data);
+        assert!(translation.is_ok());
+    }
+}