diff --git a/libreofficekit/CppunitTest_libreofficekit_checkapi.mk b/libreofficekit/CppunitTest_libreofficekit_checkapi.mk
index 600564a2ac13..1d56df8b73ff 100644
--- a/libreofficekit/CppunitTest_libreofficekit_checkapi.mk
+++ b/libreofficekit/CppunitTest_libreofficekit_checkapi.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ $(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_cxxflags,libreofficekit_checkapi, \
 $(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_exception_objects,libreofficekit_checkapi, \
     libreofficekit/qa/unit/checkapi \
 ))
+$(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_add_cobjects,libreofficekit_checkapi,\
+	libreofficekit/qa/unit/compile_test \
+))
 
 $(eval $(call gb_CppunitTest_set_external_code,libreofficekit_checkapi))
 
diff --git a/libreofficekit/qa/unit/compile_test.c b/libreofficekit/qa/unit/compile_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf0b1e5f1824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libreofficekit/qa/unit/compile_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#define LOK_USE_UNSTABLE_API
+#include <LibreOfficeKit/LibreOfficeKit.h>
+#include <LibreOfficeKit/LibreOfficeKitInit.h>
+
+// fake usage for loplugin:unreffun plugin
+#include "test.h"
+
+// just make sure this stuff compiles from a plain C file
+LibreOfficeKit* compile_test(void)
+{
+    return lok_init("install/path");
+}
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */
diff --git a/libreofficekit/qa/unit/test.h b/libreofficekit/qa/unit/test.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea44b9d391ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libreofficekit/qa/unit/test.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * This file is part of the LibreOffice project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_LIBREOFFICEKIT_QA_TEST_H
+#define INCLUDED_LIBREOFFICEKIT_QA_TEST_H
+
+LibreOfficeKit* compile_test(void);
+
+#endif // INCLUDED_LIBREOFFICEKIT_QA_TEST_H
+
+/* vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab: */