diff --git a/Modules/Segmentation/Testing/files.cmake b/Modules/Segmentation/Testing/files.cmake
index d03309fead..69f81ec030 100644
--- a/Modules/Segmentation/Testing/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Segmentation/Testing/files.cmake
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 set(MODULE_TESTS
   mitkContourMapper2DTest.cpp
   mitkContourTest.cpp
   mitkDataNodeSegmentationTest.cpp
   mitkImageToContourFilterTest.cpp
 #  mitkSegmentationInterpolationTest.cpp
   mitkOverwriteSliceFilterTest.cpp
   mitkOverwriteSliceFilterObliquePlaneTest.cpp
   #mitkContourModelTest.cpp
   #mitkContourModelIOTest.cpp
 #  mitkToolManagerTest.cpp
+  mitkReduceContourSetFilterTest.cpp
   mitkToolManagerProviderTest.cpp
 )
 
 set(MODULE_IMAGE_TESTS
   mitkManualSegmentationToSurfaceFilterTest.cpp #only runs on images
   mitkOverwriteSliceImageFilterTest.cpp #only runs on images
 )
 set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS
 )
 
 set(MODULE_TESTIMAGES
   US4DCyl.nrrd
   Pic3D.nrrd
   Pic2DplusT.nrrd
   BallBinary30x30x30.nrrd
   Png2D-bw.png
 )
 
 # Create an artificial module initializing class for
 # usServices
 set(testdriver_init_file )
 usFunctionGenerateModuleInit(testdriver_init_file
                              NAME SegmentationTestDriver
                              DEPENDS "Segmentation"
                              VERSION "0.1.0"
                             )
 
 set(TEST_CPP_FILES ${testdriver_init_file})
diff --git a/Modules/Segmentation/Testing/mitkReduceContourSetFilterTest.cpp b/Modules/Segmentation/Testing/mitkReduceContourSetFilterTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1fe0b0a7ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/Segmentation/Testing/mitkReduceContourSetFilterTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 <mitkImage.h>
+#include <mitkIOUtil.h>
+#include <mitkReduceContourSetFilter.h>
+#include <mitkSurface.h>
+#include <mitkTestFixture.h>
+#include <mitkTestingMacros.h>
+
+class mitkReduceContourSetFilterTestSuite : public mitk::TestFixture
+{
+  CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(mitkReduceContourSetFilterTestSuite);
+  MITK_TEST(TestReduceContourWithNthPoint);
+  MITK_TEST(TestReduceContourWithDouglasPeuker);
+  CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+private:
+
+  mitk::ReduceContourSetFilter::Pointer m_ContourReducer;
+
+public:
+
+  void setUp()
+  {
+    m_ContourReducer = mitk::ReduceContourSetFilter::New();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Failed to initialize ReduceContourSetFilter", m_ContourReducer.IsNotNull());
+  }
+
+  // Reduce contours with nth point
+  void TestReduceContourWithNthPoint()
+  {
+    mitk::Surface::Pointer contour = mitk::IOUtil::LoadSurface(GetTestDataFilePath("SurfaceInterpolation/SingleContour_Reference.vtk"));
+    m_ContourReducer->SetInput(contour);
+    m_ContourReducer->SetReductionType(mitk::ReduceContourSetFilter::NTH_POINT);
+    m_ContourReducer->SetStepSize(20);
+    m_ContourReducer->Update();
+    mitk::Surface::Pointer reducedContour = m_ContourReducer->GetOutput();
+
+    mitk::Surface::Pointer reference = mitk::IOUtil::LoadSurface(GetTestDataFilePath("SurfaceInterpolation/ReducedContourNthPoint_20_Reference.vtk"));
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Unequal contours", mitk::Equal(reducedContour->GetVtkPolyData(), reference->GetVtkPolyData(), 0.000001, true));
+  }
+
+  // Reduce contours with Douglas Peucker
+  void TestReduceContourWithDouglasPeuker()
+  {
+    mitk::Surface::Pointer contour = mitk::IOUtil::LoadSurface(GetTestDataFilePath("SurfaceInterpolation/TwoContours_Reference.vtk"));
+    m_ContourReducer->SetInput(contour);
+    m_ContourReducer->SetReductionType(mitk::ReduceContourSetFilter::DOUGLAS_PEUCKER);
+    m_ContourReducer->Update();
+    mitk::Surface::Pointer reducedContour = m_ContourReducer->GetOutput();
+
+    mitk::Surface::Pointer reference = mitk::IOUtil::LoadSurface(GetTestDataFilePath("SurfaceInterpolation/ReducedContourDouglasPeucker_Reference.vtk"));
+
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_MESSAGE("Unequal contours", mitk::Equal(reducedContour->GetVtkPolyData(), reference->GetVtkPolyData(), 0.000001, true));
+  }
+
+};
+
+MITK_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION(mitkReduceContourSetFilter)