diff --git a/gui/test/main.cpp b/gui/test/main.cpp
index 355bb4d9d..9ba262892 100644
--- a/gui/test/main.cpp
+++ b/gui/test/main.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "testtranslationhandler.h"
 #include "testxmlreport.h"
 #include "testxmlreportv1.h"
+#include "testxmlreportv2.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
@@ -35,5 +36,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     TestXmlReportV1 testXmlReportV1;
     QTest::qExec(&testXmlReportV1);
 
+    TestXmlReportV2 testXmlReportV2;
+    QTest::qExec(&testXmlReportV2);
+
     return a.exec();
 }
diff --git a/gui/test/test.pro b/gui/test/test.pro
index 1f3b04a8d..917d4364f 100644
--- a/gui/test/test.pro
+++ b/gui/test/test.pro
@@ -2,27 +2,37 @@ TEMPLATE = app
 TARGET = test
 CONFIG += qtestlib
 DEPENDPATH += . ..
-INCLUDEPATH += . ..
+INCLUDEPATH += . .. ../../lib
+
+LIBS += -L../../externals -lpcre
+INCLUDEPATH += ../../externals
+
+BASEPATH = ../../lib/
+include($$PWD/../../lib/lib.pri)
 
 # tests
 SOURCES += main.cpp \
     testtranslationhandler.cpp \
     testxmlreport.cpp \
-    testxmlreportv1.cpp
+    testxmlreportv1.cpp \
+    testxmlreportv2.cpp
 
 HEADERS += testtranslationhandler.h \
     testxmlreport.h \
-    testxmlreportv1.h
+    testxmlreportv1.h \
+    testxmlreportv2.h
 
 # GUI
 SOURCES += ../erroritem.cpp \
     ../report.cpp \
     ../translationhandler.cpp \
     ../xmlreport.cpp \
-    ../xmlreportv1.cpp
+    ../xmlreportv1.cpp \
+    ../xmlreportv2.cpp
     
 HEADERS += ../erroritem.h \
     ../report.h \
     ../translationhandler.h \
     ../xmlreport.h \
-    ../xmlreportv1.h
+    ../xmlreportv1.h \
+    ../xmlreportv2.h
diff --git a/gui/test/testxmlreportv2.cpp b/gui/test/testxmlreportv2.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..164061852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/test/testxmlreportv2.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Daniel Marjamäki and Cppcheck team.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <QtTest>
+#include <QObject>
+#include "testxmlreportv2.h"
+#include "xmlreportv2.h"
+#include "erroritem.h"
+
+void TestXmlReportV2::readXml()
+{
+    const QString filepath("xmlfiles/xmlreport_v2.xml");
+    XmlReportV2 report(filepath);
+    QVERIFY(report.Open());
+    QList<ErrorItem> errors = report.Read();
+    QCOMPARE(6, errors.size());
+
+    ErrorItem item = errors[0];
+    QCOMPARE(item.file, QString("test.cxx"));
+    QCOMPARE(item.files.size(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(item.lines.size(), 1);
+    QCOMPARE(item.files[0], QString("test.cxx"));
+    QCOMPARE(item.lines[0], (unsigned int)11);
+    QCOMPARE(item.id, QString("unreadVariable"));
+    QCOMPARE(item.severity, QString("style"));
+    QCOMPARE(item.summary, QString("Variable 'a' is assigned a value that is never used"));
+    QCOMPARE(item.message, QString("Variable 'a' is assigned a value that is never used"));
+
+    ErrorItem item2 = errors[3];
+    QCOMPARE(item2.file, QString("test.cxx"));
+    QCOMPARE(item2.files.size(), 2);
+    QCOMPARE(item2.lines.size(), 2);
+    QCOMPARE(item2.files[0], QString("test.cxx"));
+    QCOMPARE(item2.lines[0], (unsigned int)32);
+    QCOMPARE(item2.files[1], QString("test.cxx"));
+    QCOMPARE(item2.lines[1], (unsigned int)16);
+    QCOMPARE(item2.id, QString("mismatchAllocDealloc"));
+    QCOMPARE(item2.severity, QString("error"));
+    QCOMPARE(item2.summary, QString("Mismatching allocation and deallocation: k"));
+    QCOMPARE(item2.message, QString("Mismatching allocation and deallocation: k"));
+}
diff --git a/gui/test/testxmlreportv2.h b/gui/test/testxmlreportv2.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3c43f750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/test/testxmlreportv2.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Cppcheck - A tool for static C/C++ code analysis
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Daniel Marjamäki and Cppcheck team.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <QtTest>
+#include <QObject>
+
+class TestXmlReportV2: public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+private slots:
+    void readXml();
+};
diff --git a/gui/xmlreportv2.h b/gui/xmlreportv2.h
index 6b1a2841c..47b5a5775 100644
--- a/gui/xmlreportv2.h
+++ b/gui/xmlreportv2.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <QXmlStreamReader>
 #include <QXmlStreamWriter>
 #include "report.h"
+#include "xmlreport.h"
 
 /// @addtogroup GUI
 /// @{