diff --git a/Modules/Python/Testing/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/Python/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d5e45bb88..c1470c885b 100644
--- a/Modules/Python/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/Python/Testing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 MITK_CREATE_MODULE_TESTS()
 
+mitkAddCustomModuleTest(mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImage_CopyPic3DToPythonAndBackToMitk_ImageIsEqual mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest ${MITK_DATA_DIR}/Pic3D.nrrd)
+
diff --git a/Modules/Python/Testing/files.cmake b/Modules/Python/Testing/files.cmake
index d4301946da..c8e9fe00e2 100644
--- a/Modules/Python/Testing/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Python/Testing/files.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 set(MODULE_TESTS
   mitkPythonTest.cpp
 )
+
+set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS
+  mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest.cpp
+)
diff --git a/Modules/Python/Testing/mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest.cpp b/Modules/Python/Testing/mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bdc7f7d08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Python/Testing/mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
+#include <mitkCommon.h>
+#include <usModuleContext.h>
+#include <usGetModuleContext.h>
+#include <usServiceReference.h>
+#include <mitkTestingMacros.h>
+#include <mitkPythonService.h>
+#include <mitkIPythonService.h>
+#include <mitkIOUtil.h>
+
+#include <mitkModuleRegistry.h>
+#include <mitkModule.h>
+#include <mitkServiceReference.h>
+
+int mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest(int /*argc*/, char* argv[])
+{
+  MITK_TEST_BEGIN("mitkCopyToPythonAsItkImageTest")
+
+  //get the context of the python module
+  mitk::Module* module = mitk::ModuleRegistry::GetModule("mitkPython");
+  mitk::ModuleContext* context = module->GetModuleContext();
+  //get the service which is generated in the PythonModuleActivator
+  mitk::ServiceReference serviceRef = context->GetServiceReference<mitk::IPythonService>();
+  mitk::PythonService* pythonService = dynamic_cast<mitk::PythonService*>( context->GetService<mitk::IPythonService>(serviceRef) );
+  MITK_TEST_CONDITION(pythonService->IsItkPythonWrappingAvailable() == true, "Is Python available?");
+
+  mitk::Image::Pointer testImage = mitk::IOUtil::LoadImage(std::string(argv[1]));
+
+  //give it a name in python
+  std::string nameOfImageInPython("mitkImage");
+
+  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonService->CopyToPythonAsItkImage( testImage, nameOfImageInPython) == true, "Valid image copied to python import should return true.");
+  mitk::Image::Pointer pythonImage = pythonService->CopyItkImageFromPython(nameOfImageInPython);
+
+  //TODO Use the assert comparison methods once we have them implemented and remove GetPixelValueByIndex
+  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImage->GetDimension(0) == 256, "Is the 1st dimension of Pic3D still 256?");
+  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImage->GetDimension(1) == 256, "Is the 2nd dimension of Pic3D still 256?");
+  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImage->GetDimension(2) == 49, "Is the 3rd dimension of Pic3D still 49?");
+
+  mitk::Index3D index;
+  index[0] = 128;
+  index[1] = 128;
+  index[2] = 24;
+  MITK_TEST_CONDITION( pythonImage->GetPixelValueByIndex(index) == 96, "Is the value of Pic3D at (128,128,24) still 96?");
+
+  MITK_TEST_END()
+}