diff -r 2f88a7c13a28 -r d7129285ac32 tests/test_map.cpp
--- a/tests/test_map.cpp	Tue Mar 21 17:18:29 2023 +0100
+++ b/tests/test_map.cpp	Tue Mar 21 17:21:20 2023 +0100
@@ -135,6 +135,23 @@
     EXPECT_TRUE(allocator.verify());
 }
 
+TEST(CxHashMap, CreateForStoringPointers) {
+    CxTestingAllocator allocator;
+    auto map = cxHashMapCreate(&allocator, CX_STORE_POINTERS, 0);
+    auto hmap = reinterpret_cast<struct cx_hash_map_s *>(map);
+    EXPECT_GT(hmap->bucket_count, 0);
+    cx_for_n(i, hmap->bucket_count) {
+        EXPECT_EQ(hmap->buckets[i], nullptr);
+    }
+    EXPECT_EQ(map->size, 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(map->allocator, &allocator);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(map->store_pointers);
+    EXPECT_EQ(map->itemsize, sizeof(void *));
+
+    cxMapDestroy(map);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(allocator.verify());
+}
+
 TEST(CxHashMap, BasicOperations) {
     // create the map
     CxTestingAllocator allocator;