diff --git a/src/backends/lua/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/lua/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/backends/lua/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/lua/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,15 @@
 
 target_link_libraries(cantor_luabackend ${LUAJIT_LIBRARY})
 
+if(BUILD_TESTING)
+ add_executable( testlua testlua.cpp)
+ add_test(testlua testlua)
+ ecm_mark_as_test(testlua)
+ target_link_libraries( testlua
+   Qt5::Test
+   cantorlibs
+   cantortest
+ )
+endif(BUILD_TESTING)
+
 install(FILES cantor_lua.knsrc  DESTINATION  ${KDE_INSTALL_CONFDIR} )
diff --git a/src/backends/lua/testlua.h b/src/backends/lua/testlua.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/lua/testlua.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+    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 Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+    ---
+    Copyright (C) 2018 Nikita Sirgienko <warquark@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _TESTLUA_H
+#define _TESTLUA_H
+
+#include "backendtest.h"
+
+/** This class test some of the basic functions of the Lua backend
+    The different tests represent some general expressions for preventing possible future regression
+**/
+class TestLua : public BackendTest
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    //tests evaluating a simple command
+    void testSimpleCommand();
+    //tests a command, containing more than 1 line
+    void testMultilineCommand();
+    //tests simple variable difinition
+    void testVariableDifinition();
+    //tests a syntax error (not closing bracket)
+    void testInvalidSyntax();
+    //tests if-else condition
+    void testIfElseCondition();
+    //tests 'for' loop
+    void testForLoop();
+
+private:
+    QString backendName() Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
+};
+
+#endif /* _TESTLUA_H */
+
diff --git a/src/backends/lua/testlua.cpp b/src/backends/lua/testlua.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/lua/testlua.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/*
+    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 Street, Fifth Floor,
+    Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+
+    ---
+    Copyright (C) 2018 Nikita Sirgienko <warquark@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#include "testlua.h"
+
+#include "session.h"
+#include "backend.h"
+#include "expression.h"
+#include "result.h"
+#include "imageresult.h"
+#include "epsresult.h"
+
+#include "luaexpression.h"
+
+#include <QDebug>
+
+QString TestLua::backendName()
+{
+    return QLatin1String("lua");
+}
+
+void TestLua::testSimpleCommand()
+{
+    Cantor::Expression* e=evalExp( QLatin1String("print(2+2)\n") );
+
+    QVERIFY( e!=nullptr );
+    QVERIFY( e->result()!=nullptr );
+
+    QCOMPARE( cleanOutput( e->result()->toHtml() ), QLatin1String("4") );
+}
+
+void TestLua::testMultilineCommand()
+{
+    Cantor::Expression* e=evalExp( QLatin1String("print(4+4); print(2-1)") );
+
+    QVERIFY( e!=nullptr );
+    QVERIFY( e->result()!=nullptr );
+
+    QCOMPARE( cleanOutput(e->result()->toHtml()), QLatin1String("8\n1") );
+}
+
+void TestLua::testVariableDifinition()
+{
+    Cantor::Expression* e=evalExp( QLatin1String("num = 42; print(num)") );
+
+    QVERIFY( e!=nullptr );
+    QVERIFY( e->result()!=nullptr );
+
+    QCOMPARE( cleanOutput(e->result()->toHtml()), QLatin1String("42") );
+}
+
+void TestLua::testInvalidSyntax()
+{
+    Cantor::Expression* e=evalExp( QLatin1String("2+2*+.") );
+
+    QVERIFY( e!=nullptr );
+    QCOMPARE( e->status(), Cantor::Expression::Error );
+}
+
+void TestLua::testIfElseCondition()
+{
+    QSKIP("Skip, until problem with multiline input for lua backends not will be solved");
+    QLatin1String cmd(
+        "if 12 > 50 then"
+        "  print('true')"
+        "else"
+        "  print('false')"
+        "end");
+
+    Cantor::Expression* e=evalExp(cmd);
+
+    QVERIFY( e!=nullptr );
+    QVERIFY( e->result()!=nullptr );
+
+    QCOMPARE( cleanOutput(e->result()->toHtml()), QLatin1String("false") );
+}
+
+void TestLua::testForLoop()
+{
+    QSKIP("Skip, until problem with multiline input for lua backends not will be solved");
+    QLatin1String cmd(
+        "karlSum = 0""\n"
+        "for i = 1, 100 do""\n"
+        "  karlSum = karlSum + i""\n"
+        "end""\n"
+        "print(karlSum)");
+
+    Cantor::Expression* e=evalExp(cmd);
+
+    QVERIFY( e!=nullptr );
+    QVERIFY( e->result()!=nullptr );
+
+    QCOMPARE( cleanOutput(e->result()->toHtml()), QLatin1String("5050") );
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN( TestLua )