diff --git a/src/resp2/test/dune b/src/resp2/test/dune
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+(tests
+  (names t)
+  (libraries qcheck containers containers.resp2 threads unix))
diff --git a/src/resp2/test/t.ml b/src/resp2/test/t.ml
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+++ b/src/resp2/test/t.ml
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+open Containers_resp2
+module Q = QCheck
+
+let gen_data =
+  Q.Gen.(
+    let rec gen i =
+      let alphanum =
+        oneof [ char_range 'a' 'z'; char_range 'A' 'Z'; char_range '0' '9' ]
+      in
+      let basic_str = string_size ~gen:alphanum (0 -- 20) in
+      frequency
+      @@ List.flatten
+           [
+             [
+               (4, basic_str >|= fun s -> Data.Simple_string s);
+               ( 3,
+                 string_size ~gen:char (0 -- 30) >|= fun s -> Data.Bulk_string s
+               );
+               (4, 0 -- 100_000_000 >|= fun i -> Data.Int i);
+               (1, basic_str >|= fun s -> Data.Error s);
+             ];
+             (if i > 2 then
+               []
+             else
+               [
+                 (1, list_size (0 -- 2) (gen (i + 1)) >|= fun l -> Data.Array l);
+               ]);
+           ]
+    in
+    gen 0)
+
+let rec shrink_data d =
+  let open Q.Iter in
+  match d with
+  | Data.Array l ->
+    Q.Shrink.list ~shrink:shrink_data l >|= fun l -> Data.Array l
+  | Data.Int i -> Q.Shrink.int i >|= fun i -> Data.Int i
+  | Data.Bulk_string s -> Q.Shrink.string s >|= fun s -> Data.Bulk_string s
+  | _ -> empty
+
+let arb_data = Q.make ~print:Data.show ~shrink:shrink_data gen_data
+
+let t_ser_deser_str =
+  Q.Test.make ~name:"ser->deser str" arb_data @@ fun d ->
+  let s = Print.to_string d in
+  let d' = Parse.parse_string s in
+  if d <> d' then
+    Q.Test.fail_reportf "expected %a,@ got %a" Data.pp d Data.pp d';
+  true
+
+let t_ser_deser_chan =
+  Q.Test.make ~name:"ser->deser chan" arb_data @@ fun d ->
+  let ic, oc = Unix.pipe () in
+  let ic = Unix.in_channel_of_descr ic in
+  let oc = Unix.out_channel_of_descr oc in
+  let out = ref (Error "no res") in
+  let _th =
+    Thread.create
+      (fun () ->
+        try
+          let r = Parse.parse_chan ic in
+          out := Ok r
+        with e -> out := Error ("thread failed: " ^ Printexc.to_string e))
+      ()
+  in
+  Print.to_chan oc d;
+  flush oc;
+  close_out oc;
+  Thread.join _th;
+
+  match !out with
+  | Error err -> Q.Test.fail_reportf "thread did not parse value: %s" err
+  | Ok d' ->
+    if d <> d' then
+      Q.Test.fail_reportf "expected %a,@ got %a" Data.pp d Data.pp d';
+    true
+
+let tests = [ t_ser_deser_str; t_ser_deser_chan ]
+let () = QCheck_runner.run_tests_main tests