diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 897e78865ac7..14a714fd6ff0 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ ncnn_add_layer_test(Bias)
 ncnn_add_layer_test(BinaryOp)
 ncnn_add_layer_test(BNLL)
 ncnn_add_layer_test(Cast)
+ncnn_add_layer_test(Celu)
 ncnn_add_layer_test(Clip)
 ncnn_add_layer_test(Concat)
 ncnn_add_layer_test(Convolution)
diff --git a/tests/test_celu.cpp b/tests/test_celu.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d7f51f8f24b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_celu.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Tencent is pleased to support the open source community by making ncnn available.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2019 THL A29 Limited, a Tencent company. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+// in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed
+// under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR
+// CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+
+#include "layer/celu.h"
+#include "testutil.h"
+
+static int test_celu(const ncnn::Mat& a, float alpha)
+{
+    ncnn::ParamDict pd;
+    pd.set(0, alpha); //alpha
+
+    std::vector<ncnn::Mat> weights(0);
+
+    int ret = test_layer<ncnn::CeLU>("CeLU", pd, weights, a);
+    if (ret != 0)
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "test_celu failed a.dims=%d a=(%d %d %d %d) slope=%f\n", a.dims, a.w, a.h, a.d, a.c, slope);
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static int test_celu_0()
+{
+    return 0
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(3, 8, 12, 18), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(4, 7, 9, 16), 0.1f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(3, 5, 12, 16), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(9, 6, 7, 14), 0.1f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(5, 6, 9, 10), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(6, 8, 2, 15), 0.1f);
+}
+
+static int test_celu_1()
+{
+    return 0
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(7, 6, 18), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(9, 6, 15), 0.1f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(9, 7, 16), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(6, 10, 15), 0.1f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(2, 7, 11), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(6, 10, 7), 0.1f);
+}
+
+static int test_celu_2()
+{
+    return 0
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(12, 18), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(18, 12), 0.1f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(23, 27), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(18, 16), 0.1f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(18, 16), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(20, 16), 0.1f);
+}
+
+static int test_celu_3()
+{
+    return 0
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(256), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(64), 0.1f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(128), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(96), 0.1f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(128), 1.f)
+           || test_celu(RandomMat(128), 0.1f);
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    SRAND(7767517);
+
+    return 0
+           || test_celu_0()
+           || test_celu_1()
+           || test_celu_2()
+           || test_celu_3();
+}