diff --git a/src/tests/clutter/conform/actor-event-hold.c b/src/tests/clutter/conform/actor-event-hold.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ba5251bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/clutter/conform/actor-event-hold.c
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Author: José Expósito <jose.exposito89@gmail.com>
+ */
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <clutter/clutter.h>
+
+#include "tests/clutter-test-utils.h"
+
+#define EVENT_TIME 1000
+
+typedef struct {
+  ClutterTouchpadGesturePhase phase;
+  guint n_fingers;
+  gfloat x;
+  gfloat y;
+} HoldTestCase;
+
+static const HoldTestCase test_cases[] = {
+  {
+    .phase = CLUTTER_TOUCHPAD_GESTURE_PHASE_BEGIN,
+    .n_fingers = 1,
+    .x = 100,
+    .y = 150,
+  },
+  {
+    .phase = CLUTTER_TOUCHPAD_GESTURE_PHASE_END,
+    .n_fingers = 2,
+    .x = 200,
+    .y = 250,
+  },
+  {
+    .phase = CLUTTER_TOUCHPAD_GESTURE_PHASE_CANCEL,
+    .n_fingers = 3,
+    .x = 300,
+    .y = 350,
+  },
+};
+
+static gboolean
+on_stage_captured_event (ClutterActor  *stage,
+                         ClutterEvent  *event,
+                         ClutterEvent **captured_event)
+{
+  *captured_event = clutter_event_copy (event);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+actor_event_hold (void)
+{
+  ClutterActor *stage;
+  ClutterBackend *backend;
+  ClutterSeat *seat;
+  ClutterInputDevice *device;
+  ClutterEvent *event;
+  ClutterEvent *captured_event;
+  size_t n_test_case;
+
+  /* Get the stage and listen for touchpad events */
+  stage = clutter_test_get_stage ();
+  g_signal_connect (stage, "captured-event::touchpad",
+                    G_CALLBACK (on_stage_captured_event),
+                    &captured_event);
+  clutter_actor_show (stage);
+
+  /* Get the input device*/
+  backend = clutter_get_default_backend ();
+  seat = clutter_backend_get_default_seat (backend);
+  device = clutter_seat_get_pointer (seat);
+
+  for (n_test_case = 0; n_test_case < G_N_ELEMENTS (test_cases); n_test_case++)
+    {
+      graphene_point_t actual_position;
+      gdouble *actual_axes;
+      ClutterTouchpadGesturePhase actual_phase;
+      guint actual_n_fingers;
+      gdouble dx, dy, udx, udy;
+
+      const HoldTestCase *test_case = test_cases + n_test_case;
+
+      /* Create a synthetic hold event */
+      event = clutter_event_new (CLUTTER_TOUCHPAD_HOLD);
+      event->touchpad_hold.phase = test_case->phase;
+      event->touchpad_hold.time = EVENT_TIME;
+      event->touchpad_hold.n_fingers = test_case->n_fingers;
+      event->touchpad_hold.stage = (ClutterStage *) stage;
+      event->touchpad_hold.source = stage;
+      clutter_event_set_coords (event, test_case->x, test_case->y);
+      clutter_event_set_device (event, device);
+
+      clutter_event_put (event);
+      clutter_event_free (event);
+
+      /* Capture the event received by the stage */
+      captured_event = NULL;
+      while (captured_event == NULL)
+        g_main_context_iteration (NULL, FALSE);
+
+      /* Check that expected the event params match the actual values */
+      clutter_event_get_position (captured_event, &actual_position);
+      actual_axes = clutter_event_get_axes (captured_event, 0);
+      actual_phase = clutter_event_get_gesture_phase (captured_event);
+      actual_n_fingers = clutter_event_get_touchpad_gesture_finger_count (captured_event);
+      clutter_event_get_gesture_motion_delta (captured_event, &dx, &dy);
+      clutter_event_get_gesture_motion_delta_unaccelerated (captured_event, &udx, &udy);
+
+      g_assert (actual_position.x == test_case->x);
+      g_assert (actual_position.y == test_case->y);
+      g_assert_null (actual_axes);
+      g_assert (actual_phase == test_case->phase);
+      g_assert (actual_n_fingers == test_case->n_fingers);
+      g_assert (dx == 0);
+      g_assert (dy == 0);
+      g_assert (udx == 0);
+      g_assert (udy == 0);
+
+      clutter_event_free (captured_event);
+    }
+}
+
+CLUTTER_TEST_SUITE (
+  CLUTTER_TEST_UNIT ("/actor/event/hold", actor_event_hold)
+)
diff --git a/src/tests/clutter/conform/meson.build b/src/tests/clutter/conform/meson.build
index aec4a9148..f02b78b41 100644
--- a/src/tests/clutter/conform/meson.build
+++ b/src/tests/clutter/conform/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ clutter_tests_conform_link_args = [
 clutter_conform_tests_actor_tests = [
   'actor-clone',
   'actor-destroy',
+  'actor-event-hold',
   'actor-graph',
   'actor-invariants',
   'actor-iter',