diff --git a/ghc-mod.cabal b/ghc-mod.cabal
index d16e984..9f1969e 100644
--- a/ghc-mod.cabal
+++ b/ghc-mod.cabal
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Test-Suite spec
                         BrowseSpec
                         FlagSpec
                         LangSpec
+                        LintSpec
                         ListSpec
   Build-Depends:        base >= 4.0 && < 5
                       , Cabal >= 1.10
diff --git a/test/LintSpec.hs b/test/LintSpec.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4eaebb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/LintSpec.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module LintSpec where
+
+import Test.Hspec
+import Lint
+import Types
+
+spec :: Spec
+spec = do
+    describe "lintSyntax" $ do
+        it "check syntax with HList" $ do
+            res <- lintSyntax defaultOptions "test/data/hlint.hs"
+            res `shouldBe` "test/data/hlint.hs:4:8: Error: Redundant do\NULFound:\NUL  do putStrLn \"Hello, world!\"\NULWhy not:\NUL  putStrLn \"Hello, world!\"\n"
+
diff --git a/test/data/hlint.hs b/test/data/hlint.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b721607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/hlint.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module Hlist where
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+    putStrLn "Hello, world!"