diff --git a/redundant-bmc/test/meson.build b/redundant-bmc/test/meson.build
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+++ b/redundant-bmc/test/meson.build
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+test('rbmc-state-manager-tests',
+  executable('rbmc-state-manager-tests',
+    'role_determination_test.cpp',
+    dependencies: [
+      gtest,
+      phosphordbusinterfaces,
+      sdbusplus,
+      phosphorlogging,
+    ],
+    link_with: [
+      librbmc_lib
+    ],
+    include_directories: '../'
+  )
+)
diff --git a/redundant-bmc/test/role_determination_test.cpp b/redundant-bmc/test/role_determination_test.cpp
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+++ b/redundant-bmc/test/role_determination_test.cpp
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+#include "role_determination.hpp"
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+using Role =
+    sdbusplus::common::xyz::openbmc_project::state::bmc::Redundancy::Role;
+
+namespace rd = role_determination;
+
+TEST(RoleDeterminationTest, RoleDeterminationTest)
+{
+    EXPECT_EQ(rd::run(), Role::Passive);
+}