diff --git a/tests/test-awful-mouse.lua b/tests/test-awful-mouse.lua
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+require("awful.mouse")
+
+local steps = {}
+
+-- warning: order is important
+local buttons = {"left", "middle", "right"}
+
+-- Check the is_****_mouse_button_pressed properties.
+for k, v in ipairs(buttons) do
+
+    -- Press the button.
+    table.insert(steps, function()
+        root.fake_input("button_press", k)
+        return true
+    end)
+
+    -- Check the property matrix.
+    table.insert(steps, function()
+        if not mouse["is_"..v.."_mouse_button_pressed"] then return end
+
+        for _, v2 in ipairs(buttons) do
+            assert(mouse["is_"..v2.."_mouse_button_pressed"] == (v == v2))
+        end
+
+        root.fake_input("button_release", k)
+
+        return true
+    end)
+
+    -- Release the button.
+    table.insert(steps, function()
+        if mouse["is_"..v.."_mouse_button_pressed"] then return end
+
+        return true
+    end)
+
+end
+
+require("_runner").run_steps(steps)
+
+-- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80