diff --git a/src/tests/mesh/test_meshgen_splitcomm.cc b/src/tests/mesh/test_meshgen_splitcomm.cc
index 79fde9127..21f0ab326 100644
--- a/src/tests/mesh/test_meshgen_splitcomm.cc
+++ b/src/tests/mesh/test_meshgen_splitcomm.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include "atlas/mesh/Mesh.h"
 #include "atlas/meshgenerator.h"
 #include "atlas/output/Gmsh.h"
+#include "atlas/grid/Partitioner.h"
+
 #include "tests/AtlasTestEnvironment.h"
 
 namespace atlas {
@@ -37,6 +39,11 @@ Grid grid() {
     return g;
 }
 
+Grid grid_B() {
+    static Grid g (color() == 0 ? "F64" : "O64" );
+    return g;
+}
+
 struct Fixture {
     Fixture() {
         mpi::comm().split(color(),"split");
@@ -83,6 +90,23 @@ CASE("Mesh constructor") {
     mesh.polygon().outputPythonScript(grid().name()+"_polygons_2.py");
 }
 
+CASE("MatchingPartitioner") {
+    Fixture fixture;
+
+    auto mesh_A = Mesh(grid(), option::mpi_comm("split"));
+    auto mesh_B = Mesh(grid_B(), grid::MatchingPartitioner(mesh_A), option::mpi_comm("split"));
+
+    output::Gmsh gmsh_B(grid_B().name()+"_3.msh");
+    gmsh_B.write(mesh_B);
+
+    // partitioning graph and polygon output
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(mesh_B.partitionGraph());
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(mesh_B.polygons());
+    mesh_B.polygon().outputPythonScript(grid_B().name()+"_polygons_3.py");
+}
+
+
+
 }  // namespace test
 }  // namespace atlas