diff --git a/+tests/+unit/FunctionTests.m b/+tests/+unit/FunctionTests.m
index 4b16b445..2e739c5c 100644
--- a/+tests/+unit/FunctionTests.m
+++ b/+tests/+unit/FunctionTests.m
@@ -34,5 +34,12 @@ function testWriteCompoundScalar(testCase)
             io.writeCompound(fid, '/map_data', data)
             H5F.close(fid);
         end
+        function testIsNeurodatatype(testCase)
+            timeSeries = types.core.TimeSeries();
+            testCase.verifyTrue(matnwb.utility.isNeurodataType(timeSeries))
+            
+            dataPipe = types.untyped.DataPipe('data', rand(10,10));
+            testCase.verifyFalse(matnwb.utility.isNeurodataType(dataPipe))
+        end
     end 
 end
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