diff --git a/DEVELOPERS b/DEVELOPERS
index 57c25c4cfd..2cf343f9bc 100644
--- a/DEVELOPERS
+++ b/DEVELOPERS
@@ -1733,6 +1733,7 @@ F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_ddrescue.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_ddrescue/
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_dos2unix.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_gnupg2.py
+F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_gzip.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_highway.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_hwloc.py
 F:	support/testing/tests/package/test_iperf3.py
diff --git a/support/testing/tests/package/test_gzip.py b/support/testing/tests/package/test_gzip.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d5f374853
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/testing/tests/package/test_gzip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from tests.package.test_compressor_base import TestCompressorBase
+
+
+class TestGzip(TestCompressorBase):
+    __test__ = True
+    config = TestCompressorBase.config + \
+        """
+        BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y
+        BR2_PACKAGE_GZIP=y
+        """
+    compress_cmd = "gzip"
+    decompress_cmd = "gunzip"
+    compressed_file_ext = ".gz"