diff --git a/src/rba/unit_tests/rbaTests.cc b/src/rba/unit_tests/rbaTests.cc
index 7bea46066..ec0fcb24a 100644
--- a/src/rba/unit_tests/rbaTests.cc
+++ b/src/rba/unit_tests/rbaTests.cc
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ RUBYTEST (dbLayerMapping, "dbLayerMapping.rb")
 RUBYTEST (dbLibrary, "dbLibrary.rb")
 RUBYTEST (dbLayoutTests1, "dbLayoutTests1.rb")
 RUBYTEST (dbLayoutTests2, "dbLayoutTests2.rb")
+RUBYTEST (dbLog, "dbLogTest.rb")
 RUBYTEST (dbCellTests, "dbCellTests.rb")
 RUBYTEST (dbRecursiveShapeIterator, "dbRecursiveShapeIterator.rb")
 RUBYTEST (dbRecursiveInstanceIterator, "dbRecursiveInstanceIterator.rb")
diff --git a/testdata/ruby/dbLogTest.rb b/testdata/ruby/dbLogTest.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f53e00f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/ruby/dbLogTest.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+
+# KLayout Layout Viewer
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2023 Matthias Koefferlein
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+
+if !$:.member?(File::dirname($0))
+  $:.push(File::dirname($0))
+end
+
+load("test_prologue.rb")
+
+
+class DBLog_TestClass < TestBase
+
+  def test_1_Log
+
+    assert_equal(RBA::LogEntryData::NoSeverity.to_s, "NoSeverity")
+    assert_equal(RBA::LogEntryData::Info.to_s, "Info")
+    assert_equal(RBA::LogEntryData::Error.to_s, "Error")
+    assert_equal(RBA::LogEntryData::Warning.to_s, "Warning")
+
+    le = RBA::LogEntryData::new
+
+    le.message = "message"
+    assert_equal(le.message, "message")
+    
+    le.geometry = RBA::DPolygon::new(RBA::DBox::new(1, 2, 3, 4))
+    assert_equal(le.geometry.to_s, "(1,2;1,4;3,4;3,2)")
+    
+    le.category_name = "42"
+    assert_equal(le.category_name, "42")
+    
+    le.category_description = "the answer"
+    assert_equal(le.category_description, "the answer")
+    
+    le.cell_name = "TOP"
+    assert_equal(le.cell_name, "TOP")
+    
+    assert_equal(le.to_s, "[the answer] In cell TOP: message, shape: (1,2;1,4;3,4;3,2)")
+
+  end
+
+end
+
+load("test_epilogue.rb")