diff --git a/developer/src/kmcmplib/tests/gtest-compmsg-test.cpp b/developer/src/kmcmplib/tests/gtest-compmsg-test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa1f2d8c8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/developer/src/kmcmplib/tests/gtest-compmsg-test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include "..\..\..\..\common\include\km_types.h"
+#include "..\..\..\..\common\include\kmn_compiler_errors.h"
+
+KMX_CHAR *GetCompilerErrorString(KMX_DWORD code);
+
+class CompMsgTest : public testing::Test {
+    protected:
+    	CompMsgTest() {}
+	    ~CompMsgTest() override {}
+	    void SetUp() override {}
+	    void TearDown() override {}
+};
+
+TEST_F(CompMsgTest, GetCompilerErrorString) {
+    EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, GetCompilerErrorString(CERR_None));
+    EXPECT_EQ(nullptr, GetCompilerErrorString(0x00004FFF)); // top of range ERROR
+    EXPECT_EQ("Invalid 'layout' command", GetCompilerErrorString(CERR_InvalidLayoutLine));
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/developer/src/kmcmplib/tests/meson.build b/developer/src/kmcmplib/tests/meson.build
index a712a502c6..fe3b19c4b4 100644
--- a/developer/src/kmcmplib/tests/meson.build
+++ b/developer/src/kmcmplib/tests/meson.build
@@ -165,3 +165,14 @@ gtestcompilertest = executable('gtest-compiler-test', 'gtest-compiler-test.cpp',
   )
 
 test('gtest-compiler-test', gtestcompilertest)
+
+gtestcompmsgtest = executable('gtest-compmsg-test', 'gtest-compmsg-test.cpp',
+    cpp_args: defns + flags,
+    include_directories: inc,
+    name_suffix: name_suffix,
+    link_args: links + tests_links,
+    objects: lib.extract_all_objects(),
+    dependencies: [ icuuc_dep, gtest_dep, gmock_dep ],
+  )
+
+test('gtest-compmsg-test', gtestcompmsgtest)