diff --git a/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt b/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
index 735543ed..5b62c260 100644
--- a/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ add_executable(unit_tests mainTestRunner.cpp
     gtestwrapper.h
     test_types.cpp
     test_tiffheader.cpp
+    test_futils.cpp
 )
 
 #TODO Use GTest::GTest once we upgrade the minimum CMake version required
diff --git a/unitTests/test_futils.cpp b/unitTests/test_futils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..238b9015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unitTests/test_futils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// File under test
+#include <exiv2/futils.hpp>
+
+// Auxiliary headers
+#include <fstream>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cerrno>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+using namespace Exiv2;
+
+TEST(strError, returnSuccessAfterClosingFile)
+{
+    std::string tmpFile("tmp.dat");
+    std::ofstream auxFile(tmpFile.c_str());
+    auxFile.close();
+    ASSERT_STREQ("Success (errno = 0)", strError().c_str());
+    std::remove(tmpFile.c_str());
+}
+
+TEST(strError, returnNoSuchFileOrDirectoryWhenTryingToOpenNonExistingFile)
+{
+    std::ifstream auxFile("nonExistingFile");
+    ASSERT_STREQ("No such file or directory (errno = 2)", strError().c_str());
+}
+
+TEST(strError, doNotRecognizeUnknownError)
+{
+    errno = 9999;
+    ASSERT_STREQ("Unknown error 9999 (errno = 9999)", strError().c_str());
+}