diff --git a/tests/test_statepoint_batch/results.py b/tests/test_statepoint_batch/results.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e18864fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_statepoint_batch/results.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+
+# import statepoint
+sys.path.append('../../src/utils')
+import statepoint
+
+# read in statepoint file
+sp = statepoint.StatePoint('statepoint.9.binary')
+sp.read_results()
+
+# set up output string
+outstr = ''
+ 
+# write out k-combined
+outstr += 'k-combined:\n'
+outstr += "{0:10.8f} {1:10.8f}".format(sp.k_combined[0], sp.k_combined[1])
+
+# write results to file
+with open('results_test.dat','w') as fh:
+    fh.write(outstr)
diff --git a/tests/test_statepoint_batch/results_true.dat b/tests/test_statepoint_batch/results_true.dat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9482653df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_statepoint_batch/results_true.dat
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+k-combined:
+0.30308270 0.00706340
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_statepoint_batch/test_statepoint_batch.py b/tests/test_statepoint_batch/test_statepoint_batch.py
index 2c77b48d12..c488f3bd45 100644
--- a/tests/test_statepoint_batch/test_statepoint_batch.py
+++ b/tests/test_statepoint_batch/test_statepoint_batch.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import os
 from subprocess import Popen, STDOUT, PIPE
+import filecmp
 
 pwd = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
@@ -20,10 +21,18 @@ def test_statepoints_exist():
     assert os.path.exists(pwd + '/statepoint.6.binary')
     assert os.path.exists(pwd + '/statepoint.9.binary')
 
+def test_results():
+    os.system('python results.py')
+    compare = filecmp.cmp('results_test.dat', 'results_true.dat')
+    if not compare:
+      os.system('cp results_test.dat results_error.dat')
+    assert compare
+
 def teardown():
     output = [pwd + i for i in ['/statepoint.3.binary',
                                 '/statepoint.6.binary',
-                                '/statepoint.9.binary']]
+                                '/statepoint.9.binary',
+                                '/results_test.dat']]
     for f in output:
         if os.path.exists(f):
             os.remove(f)