diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Testing/files.cmake b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Testing/files.cmake
index ad622dfcbb..bfd17c86db 100644
--- a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Testing/files.cmake
+++ b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Testing/files.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 set(MODULE_TESTS
   mitkFactoryRegistrationTest.cpp
 )
 
+set(MODULE_CUSTOM_TESTS
+  mitkPyramidImageRegistrationMethodTest.cpp
+)
+
diff --git a/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Testing/mitkPyramidImageRegistrationMethodTest.cpp b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Testing/mitkPyramidImageRegistrationMethodTest.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d1251442f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/DiffusionImaging/DiffusionCore/Testing/mitkPyramidImageRegistrationMethodTest.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+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 "mitkTestingMacros.h"
+#include "mitkIOUtil.h"
+
+#include "mitkPyramidImageRegistrationMethod.h"
+
+int mitkPyramidImageRegistrationMethodTest( int argc, char* argv[] )
+{
+  if( argc < 3 )
+  {
+    MITK_ERROR << "Not enough input \n Usage: <TEST_NAME> fixed moving";
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+
+  MITK_TEST_BEGIN("PyramidImageRegistrationMethodTest");
+
+  mitk::Image::Pointer fixedImage = mitk::IOUtil::LoadImage( argv[1] );
+  mitk::Image::Pointer movingImage = mitk::IOUtil::LoadImage( argv[2] );
+
+  mitk::PyramidImageRegistrationMethod::Pointer registrationMethod = mitk::PyramidImageRegistrationMethod::New();
+  registrationMethod->SetFixedImage( fixedImage );
+  registrationMethod->SetMovingImage( movingImage );
+  registrationMethod->Update();
+
+  unsigned int paramCount = registrationMethod->GetNumberOfParameters();
+  double* params = new double[ paramCount ];
+  registrationMethod->GetParameters( &params[0] );
+
+  std::cout << "Parameters: ";
+  for( unsigned int i=0; i< paramCount; i++)
+  {
+    std::cout << params[ i ] << " ";
+  }
+  std::cout << std::endl;
+
+  MITK_TEST_END();
+}