diff --git a/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/BuildFile.xml b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/BuildFile.xml
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index 0000000000000..fc4718f406f6f
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+++ b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/BuildFile.xml
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+<bin name="testMXNetPredictor" file="testRunner.cpp, testMXNetPredictor.cc">
+    <use name="boost_filesystem" />
+    <use name="cppunit" />
+
+    <use name="PhysicsTools/MXNet" />
+    <use name="FWCore/ParameterSet" />
+    <use name="FWCore/Utilities" />
+</bin>
diff --git a/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/data/testmxnet-0000.params b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/data/testmxnet-0000.params
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3c6a87622c521
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diff --git a/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/data/testmxnet-symbol.json b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/data/testmxnet-symbol.json
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index 0000000000000..c423651756d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/data/testmxnet-symbol.json
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+{
+  "nodes": [
+    {
+      "op": "null", 
+      "name": "data", 
+      "inputs": []
+    }, 
+    {
+      "op": "null", 
+      "name": "dense0_weight", 
+      "attrs": {
+        "__dtype__": "0", 
+        "__lr_mult__": "1.0", 
+        "__shape__": "(7, 0)", 
+        "__wd_mult__": "1.0"
+      }, 
+      "inputs": []
+    }, 
+    {
+      "op": "null", 
+      "name": "dense0_bias", 
+      "attrs": {
+        "__dtype__": "0", 
+        "__init__": "zeros", 
+        "__lr_mult__": "1.0", 
+        "__shape__": "(7,)", 
+        "__wd_mult__": "1.0"
+      }, 
+      "inputs": []
+    }, 
+    {
+      "op": "FullyConnected", 
+      "name": "dense0_fwd", 
+      "attrs": {
+        "flatten": "True", 
+        "no_bias": "False", 
+        "num_hidden": "7"
+      }, 
+      "inputs": [[0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [2, 0, 0]]
+    }, 
+    {
+      "op": "null", 
+      "name": "dense1_weight", 
+      "attrs": {
+        "__dtype__": "0", 
+        "__lr_mult__": "1.0", 
+        "__shape__": "(3, 0)", 
+        "__wd_mult__": "1.0"
+      }, 
+      "inputs": []
+    }, 
+    {
+      "op": "null", 
+      "name": "dense1_bias", 
+      "attrs": {
+        "__dtype__": "0", 
+        "__init__": "zeros", 
+        "__lr_mult__": "1.0", 
+        "__shape__": "(3,)", 
+        "__wd_mult__": "1.0"
+      }, 
+      "inputs": []
+    }, 
+    {
+      "op": "FullyConnected", 
+      "name": "dense1_fwd", 
+      "attrs": {
+        "flatten": "True", 
+        "no_bias": "False", 
+        "num_hidden": "3"
+      }, 
+      "inputs": [[3, 0, 0], [4, 0, 0], [5, 0, 0]]
+    }
+  ], 
+  "arg_nodes": [0, 1, 2, 4, 5], 
+  "node_row_ptr": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], 
+  "heads": [[6, 0, 0]], 
+  "attrs": {"mxnet_version": ["int", 10200]}
+}
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diff --git a/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/testMXNetPredictor.cc b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/testMXNetPredictor.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..23067fac668d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/testMXNetPredictor.cc
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+#include <cppunit/extensions/HelperMacros.h>
+
+#include "FWCore/ParameterSet/interface/FileInPath.h"
+#include "PhysicsTools/MXNet/interface/MXNetPredictor.h"
+
+class testMXNetPredictor : public CppUnit::TestFixture
+{
+  CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(testMXNetPredictor);
+  CPPUNIT_TEST(checkAll);
+  CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+public:
+  void checkAll();
+};
+
+CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(testMXNetPredictor);
+
+void testMXNetPredictor::checkAll()
+{
+
+  // load model and params into BufferFile
+  std::string model_path = edm::FileInPath("PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/data/testmxnet-symbol.json").fullPath();
+  std::string param_path = edm::FileInPath("PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/data/testmxnet-0000.params").fullPath();
+
+  mxnet::BufferFile *model_file = new mxnet::BufferFile(model_path);
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT(model_file != nullptr);
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT(model_file->GetLength() > 0);
+
+  mxnet::BufferFile *param_file = new mxnet::BufferFile(param_path);
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT(param_file != nullptr);
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT(param_file->GetLength() > 0);
+
+  // create predictor
+  mxnet::MXNetPredictor predictor;
+
+  // set input shape
+  std::vector<std::string> input_names {"data"};
+  std::vector<std::vector<unsigned>> input_shapes {{1, 3}};
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT_NO_THROW( predictor.set_input_shapes(input_names, input_shapes) );
+
+  // load model from BufferFile
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT_NO_THROW( predictor.load_model(model_file, param_file) );
+
+  // run predictor
+  std::vector<std::vector<float>> data {{1, 2, 3,}};
+  std::vector<float> outputs;
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT_NO_THROW( outputs = predictor.predict(data) );
+
+  // check outputs
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT(outputs.size() == 3);
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT(outputs.at(0) == 42);
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT(outputs.at(1) == 42);
+  CPPUNIT_ASSERT(outputs.at(2) == 42);
+
+  delete model_file;
+  delete param_file;
+
+}
diff --git a/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/testRunner.cpp b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/testRunner.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1482cf9a9ce85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PhysicsTools/MXNet/test/testRunner.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include <Utilities/Testing/interface/CppUnit_testdriver.icpp>