diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_find_up b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_find_up
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..39fb568
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_find_up	
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+die () { echo $@ ; cleanup ; exit 1; }
+setup() {
+  cleanup
+  mkdir -p tmp_nvm_find_up/a/b/c/d
+  touch tmp_nvm_find_up/test
+  touch tmp_nvm_find_up/a/b/c/test
+}
+cleanup () {
+  rm -rf tmp_nvm_find_up
+}
+
+. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+setup
+
+TEST_DIR="$PWD"
+
+[ "~$(PWD=$TEST_DIR/tmp_nvm_find_up/a nvm_find_up 'test')" = "~$TEST_DIR/tmp_nvm_find_up" ] || die "failed to find 1 dir up"
+[ "~$(PWD=$TEST_DIR/tmp_nvm_find_up/a/b nvm_find_up 'test')" = "~$TEST_DIR/tmp_nvm_find_up" ] || die "failed to find 2 dirs up"
+[ "~$(PWD=$TEST_DIR/tmp_nvm_find_up/a/b/c nvm_find_up 'test')" = "~$TEST_DIR/tmp_nvm_find_up/a/b/c" ] || die "failed to find in current dir"
+[ "~$(PWD=$TEST_DIR/tmp_nvm_find_up/a/b/c/d nvm_find_up 'test')" = "~$TEST_DIR/tmp_nvm_find_up/a/b/c" ] || die "failed to find 1 level up from current dir"
+
+cleanup
+