diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 9609b9e..42eb03e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - run: make CC=clang -j all dunstify test/test
       - run: make CC=clang -j test-valgrind
+      - run: ./test/test-install.sh
       - run: make             clean
       - run: make CC=gcc   -j all dunstify test/test
       - run: make CC=gcc   -j test-valgrind
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6a2d89d..11c24db 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ before_install:
 
 script:
   - CFLAGS="-Werror" make all dunstify test-valgrind doc-doxygen
+  - ./test/test-install.sh
   - CFLAGS="-Werror" make clean
   - CFLAGS="-Werror" make test-coverage
 
diff --git a/test/test-install.sh b/test/test-install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..62aa0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BASE="$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")")"
+PREFIX="${BASE}/install"
+
+make -C "${BASE}" SYSTEMD=1 SERVICEDIR_SYSTEMD="${PREFIX}/systemd" SERVICEDIR_DBUS="${PREFIX}/dbus" PREFIX="${PREFIX}" install
+
+diff -u <(find "${PREFIX}" -type f -printf "%P\n" | sort) - <<EOF
+bin/dunst
+dbus/org.knopwob.dunst.service
+share/dunst/dunstrc
+share/man/man1/dunst.1
+systemd/dunst.service
+EOF
+
+make -C "${BASE}" SYSTEMD=1 SERVICEDIR_SYSTEMD="${PREFIX}/systemd" SERVICEDIR_DBUS="${PREFIX}/dbus" PREFIX="${PREFIX}" uninstall
+
+if ! [ -z "$(find "${PREFIX}" -type f)" ]; then
+        echo "Uninstall failed, following files weren't removed"
+        find "${PREFIX}" -type f
+        exit 1
+fi