diff --git a/plugins/filters/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/filters/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 80eaef3e4a..be82286b66 100644
--- a/plugins/filters/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/filters/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 set( EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} )
-include_directories(    )
+include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sdk/tests)
 
 macro_add_unittest_definitions()
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 ecm_add_tests(
     kis_all_filter_test.cpp
     kis_crash_filter_test.cpp
+	kis_canny_filter_test.cc
     NAME_PREFIX "krita-filters-"
     LINK_LIBRARIES kritaimage Qt5::Test)
diff --git a/plugins/filters/tests/kis_canny_filter_test.cc b/plugins/filters/tests/kis_canny_filter_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8671b9586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/filters/tests/kis_canny_filter_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include "kis_canny_filter_test.h"
+
+#include "kis_edge_detection_kernel.h"
+
+#include <kis_paint_device.h>
+#include <kis_painter.h>
+#include <testutil.h>
+
+
+inline KisPaintDeviceSP loadTestImage(const QString &name)
+{
+    QImage image(TestUtil::fetchDataFileLazy(name));
+    KisPaintDeviceSP dev = new KisPaintDevice(KoColorSpaceRegistry::instance()->rgb8());
+    dev->convertFromQImage(image, nullptr);
+    return dev;
+}
+
+void KisCannyFilterTest::testCannyFilter()
+{
+    KisPaintDeviceSP dev = loadTestImage("carrot.png");
+    const QRect rect = dev->exactBounds();
+    //KisEdgeDetectionKernel::applyCannyEdgeDetection()
+    QImage img = dev->convertToQImage(nullptr, rect);
+    img.save("canny_filter_tested.png");
+}
+
+QTEST_MAIN(KisCannyFilterTest)
diff --git a/plugins/filters/tests/kis_canny_filter_test.h b/plugins/filters/tests/kis_canny_filter_test.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..748cf72b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/filters/tests/kis_canny_filter_test.h
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (c) 2020 Kuntal Majumder <hellozee@disroot.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 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.
+ */
+
+#ifndef KIS_ALL_FILTER_TEST_H
+#define KIS_ALL_FILTER_TEST_H
+
+#include <QtTest>
+
+class KisCannyFilterTest : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private Q_SLOTS:
+
+    void testCannyFilter();
+};
+
+#endif