diff --git a/Tests/Controller/Elements/CloneTest.cs b/Tests/Controller/Elements/CloneTest.cs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a6602e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Controller/Elements/CloneTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* CloneTest.cs
+ * part of zaaReloaded2
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2015 Daniel Kraus
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using zaaReloaded2.Controller.Elements;
+
+namespace Tests.Controller.Elements
+{
+    [TestFixture(typeof(SelectFirstDay))]
+    [TestFixture(typeof(SelectLastDay))]
+    [TestFixture(typeof(SelectEachDay))]
+    class CloneTest<T> where T : ControlElementBase, new()
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void CloneControlElement()
+        {
+            T original = new T();
+            original.Children = new List<FormatElementBase>()
+            {
+                new Items("hello"),
+                new Items("world")
+            };
+            T clone = original.Clone() as T;
+            for (int i = 0; i < original.Children.Count; i++)
+			{
+                Assert.AreEqual(original.Children[i].Content, clone.Children[i].Content);
+			}
+            clone.Children[1].Content = "something else";
+            Assert.AreNotEqual(clone.Children[1].Content, original.Children[1].Content,
+                "Clone's child #1 should have different content than original's child #1");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Tests.csproj b/Tests/Tests.csproj
index 08833d6..e555af5 100755
--- a/Tests/Tests.csproj
+++ b/Tests/Tests.csproj
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="Controller\Comments\CommentPoolTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\Comments\ItemCommentTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Controller\Elements\CloneTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SerializationTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\SettingsRepositoryTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Controller\SettingsTest.cs" />