diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6c495f..78db5cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "testing dns",
   "main": "dns.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    "test": "node test/parser.js && node test/packer.js"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/test/packer.js b/test/packer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c742c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/packer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+;(function () {
+  'use strict';
+
+  throw new Error("packer tests not written");
+}());
+
diff --git a/test/parser.js b/test/parser.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..768550e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parser.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+;(function () {
+  //'use strict';
+
+  require('./convert-fixtures-to-json.js');
+
+  var assert = require('assert');
+  var fs = require('fs');
+  var path = require('path');
+  var dnsjs = require('../').DNSPacket;
+  var expected; // shim
+
+  var dirname = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
+
+  function deepLike(expected, actual, prevKey) {
+    prevKey = prevKey || '';
+
+    return Object.keys(expected).every(function (key) {
+      var val = expected[key];
+
+      if (val && 'object' === typeof val && !Array.isArray(val)) {
+        if ('undefined' === typeof actual[key]) {
+          throw new Error("[" + prevKey + key + "] is missing from actual, but seen in expected");
+        }
+        return deepLike(expected[key], actual[key], prevKey + '.');
+      }
+
+      if (Array.isArray(val)) {
+        // assumes that arrays do not contain non-primitive values (no nested objects or arrays)
+        return assert.deepEqual(val, actual[key]);
+      }
+
+      if (val !== actual[key]) {
+        // value should always be a primitive by now (we do not expect functions)
+        throw new Error("[" + prevKey + key + "] actual is not equal to expected: " + expected[key] + ' : ' + actual[key]);
+      }
+
+      return true;
+    });
+  }
+
+  fs.readdirSync(dirname).forEach(function (name) {
+    if (!/\.bin$/.test(name)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    var filename = path.join(dirname, name);
+
+    var expected = require(path.join(dirname, name.replace(/\.bin$/, '.json')));
+    fs.readFile(filename, null, function (err, nb) {
+      console.log('Testing ' + filename);
+
+      var ab = nb.buffer;
+      var result;
+
+      try {
+        result = dnsjs.parse(ab);
+      } catch(e) {
+        console.log(ab);
+        console.error('[Error] ' + e.message);
+        console.error('');
+        //console.error(e.stack);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      // TODO deepHas
+      // compare two objects and make sure that the second has all of what the first has (but perhaps more)
+
+      deepLike(expected, result);
+    });
+  });
+}());