diff --git a/libs/odf/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/odf/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 703c7f1136f..e7de0e2d7a7 100644
--- a/libs/odf/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/odf/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,56 +1,60 @@
 set( EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} )
 include_directories( ${KOODF_INCLUDES} )
 
 # call: koodf_add_unit_test(<test-name> <sources> LINK_LIBRARIES <library> [<library> [...]] [GUI])
 macro(KOODF_ADD_UNIT_TEST _TEST_NAME)
     ecm_add_test( ${ARGN}
         TEST_NAME "${_TEST_NAME}"
         NAME_PREFIX "libs-koodf-"
     )
 endmacro()
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestKoGenStyles TestKoGenStyles.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf KF5::I18n Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestOdfSettings TestOdfSettings.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf KF5::I18n Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestKoOdfLoadingContext TestKoOdfLoadingContext.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf KF5::I18n Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestXmlWriter TestXmlWriter.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestXmlReader TestXmlReader.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestXmlReaderWithoutSpaces TestXmlReaderWithoutSpaces.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(kodomtest kodomtest.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestStorage TestStorage.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf KF5::I18n Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestKoUnit TestKoUnit.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestNumberStyle TestNumberStyle.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf Qt5::Test)
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 koodf_add_unit_test(TestKoElementReference TestKoElementReference.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf Qt5::Test)
 
+########### next target ###############
+
+koodf_add_unit_test(TestWriteStyleXml TestWriteStyleXml.cpp  LINK_LIBRARIES koodf Qt5::Test)
+
 ########### end ###############
diff --git a/libs/odf/tests/TestWriteStyleXml.cpp b/libs/odf/tests/TestWriteStyleXml.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2bea11d3a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/odf/tests/TestWriteStyleXml.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/* This file is part of the KDE project
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Jos van den Oever <jos@vandenoever.info>
+ *
+ * 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 <KoXmlWriter.h>
+#include <writeodf/writeodf.h>
+#include <writeodf/writeodfoffice.h>
+#include <writeodf/writeodfstyle.h>
+#include <writeodf/writeodftext.h>
+#include <writeodf/writeodfofficestyle.h>
+
+#include <QString>
+#include <QBuffer>
+#include <QTest>
+
+using namespace writeodf;
+
+class TestWriteStyleXml : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+private Q_SLOTS:
+    void testWriteRegionLeft();
+};
+
+void TestWriteStyleXml::testWriteRegionLeft()
+{
+    QBuffer buffer;
+    buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+    {
+        KoXmlWriter writer(&buffer);
+        writer.startDocument(0);
+        office_document_styles styles(&writer);
+        styles.addAttribute("xmlns:office", "urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0");
+        styles.addAttribute("xmlns:style", "urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:style:1.0");
+        styles.addAttribute("xmlns:text", "urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0");
+        office_master_styles master_styles(styles.add_office_master_styles());
+        style_master_page master_page(master_styles.add_style_master_page("Standard", "Layout"));
+        style_header header(master_page.add_style_header());
+        style_region_left left(header.add_style_region_left());
+        text_p p(left.add_text_p());
+        p.addTextNode("left");
+    }
+    const QString r = buffer.buffer();
+    const QString e = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n"
+        "<office:document-styles office:version=\"1.2\" xmlns:office=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:office:1.0\" xmlns:style=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:style:1.0\" xmlns:text=\"urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:text:1.0\">\n"
+        " <office:master-styles>\n"
+        "  <style:master-page style:name=\"Standard\" style:page-layout-name=\"Layout\">\n"
+        "   <style:header>\n"
+        "    <style:region-left>\n"
+        "     <text:p>left</text:p>\n"
+        "    </style:region-left>\n"
+        "   </style:header>\n"
+        "  </style:master-page>\n"
+        " </office:master-styles>\n"
+        "</office:document-styles>";
+    QCOMPARE(r, e);
+}
+
+QTEST_GUILESS_MAIN(TestWriteStyleXml)
+#include <TestWriteStyleXml.moc>
+