diff --git a/src/plasma/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plasma/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index c83d26e91..df1dfb718 100644
--- a/src/plasma/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plasma/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 add_subdirectory(kplugins)
+add_subdirectory(dpi)
diff --git a/src/plasma/tests/dpi/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plasma/tests/dpi/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03931f694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plasma/tests/dpi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+project("dpitest")
+
+add_executable(dpitest
+    main.cpp
+    dpitest.cpp
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(dpitest KF5::Plasma KF5::I18n Qt5::Gui)
+
+message("INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS}")
+
+install(TARGETS dpitest ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
+
diff --git a/src/plasma/tests/dpi/dpitest.cpp b/src/plasma/tests/dpi/dpitest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c9137119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plasma/tests/dpi/dpitest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+*   Copyright 2013 Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>                           *
+*                                                                             *
+*   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or             *
+*   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public               *
+*   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either              *
+*   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.          *
+*                                                                             *
+*   This library 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          *
+*   Library General Public License for more details.                          *
+*                                                                             *
+*   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License *
+*   along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to      *
+*   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,      *
+*   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.                                               *
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#include "dpitest.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+
+#include <plasma/theme.h>
+
+#include <qcommandlineparser.h>
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <QTimer>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iomanip>
+
+
+namespace Plasma
+{
+class DPITestPrivate {
+public:
+    QString pluginName;
+    QCommandLineParser *parser;
+};
+
+DPITest::DPITest(int& argc, char** argv, QCommandLineParser *parser) :
+    QApplication(argc, argv)
+{
+    d = new DPITestPrivate;
+    d->parser = parser;
+    QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(runMain()));
+}
+
+DPITest::~DPITest()
+{
+    delete d;
+}
+
+void DPITest::runMain()
+{
+    qDebug() << "DPI test runs: ";
+    exit(0);
+    return;
+}
+
+}
+
+#include "moc_dpitest.cpp"
diff --git a/src/plasma/tests/dpi/dpitest.h b/src/plasma/tests/dpi/dpitest.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a15a13fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plasma/tests/dpi/dpitest.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+*   Copyright 2012 Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>                           *
+*                                                                             *
+*   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or             *
+*   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public               *
+*   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either              *
+*   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.          *
+*                                                                             *
+*   This library 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          *
+*   Library General Public License for more details.                          *
+*                                                                             *
+*   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License *
+*   along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to      *
+*   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,      *
+*   Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.                                               *
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef PLUGINTEST_H
+#define PLUGINTEST_H
+
+#include <QCoreApplication>
+#include <QApplication>
+
+class QCommandLineParser;
+
+namespace Plasma
+{
+
+class DPITestPrivate;
+
+class DPITest : public QApplication
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+    public:
+        DPITest(int& argc, char** argv, QCommandLineParser *parser);
+        virtual ~DPITest();
+
+    public Q_SLOTS:
+        void runMain();
+
+    private:
+        DPITestPrivate* d;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/plasma/tests/dpi/main.cpp b/src/plasma/tests/dpi/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6767b2dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plasma/tests/dpi/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ *   Copyright 2008 Aaron Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
+ *   Copyright 2013 Sebastian Kügler <sebas@kde.org>
+ *
+ *   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,
+ *   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 Library General Public
+ *   License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ *   Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <QScreen>
+#include <plasma/theme.h>
+#include <qcommandlineparser.h>
+#include <qcommandlineoption.h>
+
+#include <KLocalizedString>
+
+#include "dpitest.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    QCommandLineParser *parser = new QCommandLineParser;
+    Plasma::DPITest app(argc, argv, parser);
+
+    const QString description = i18n("DPI test app");
+    const char version[] = "2.0";
+
+    app.setApplicationVersion(version);
+    parser->addVersionOption();
+    parser->setApplicationDescription(description);
+
+    parser->addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << "s" << "show", i18nc("Do not translate <name>", "Show icon sizes"), "name"));
+
+    return app.exec();
+}
+