diff --git a/Tests/UnitTests/Core/Sample/LatticeUtilsTest.h b/Tests/UnitTests/Core/Sample/LatticeUtilsTest.h
index b118041137134efbf4836806e6d2d8a080d62196..6971f2a5d837b4eb50576365be1f95bca8c5cb7f 100644
--- a/Tests/UnitTests/Core/Sample/LatticeUtilsTest.h
+++ b/Tests/UnitTests/Core/Sample/LatticeUtilsTest.h
@@ -44,3 +44,22 @@ TEST_F(LatticeUtilsTest, diagonalAlignedFCCTest)
     EXPECT_EQ(a1.x(), a2.x());
     EXPECT_EQ(a1.y(), -a2.y());
 }
+
+// tests the creation of an HCP lattice
+TEST_F(LatticeUtilsTest, trivialAlignedHCPTest)
+{
+    MillerIndexOrientation trivial_aligned(MillerIndexOrientation::QZ, { 0, 0, 1},
+                                        MillerIndexOrientation::QX, { 2, -1, 0});
+    auto lattice = LatticeUtils::CreateHCPLattice(2.0, 4.0, trivial_aligned);
+    auto a1 = lattice.getBasisVectorA();
+    auto a2 = lattice.getBasisVectorB();
+    auto a3 = lattice.getBasisVectorC();
+
+    kvector_t v1 { 2.0, 0.0, 0.0 };
+    kvector_t v2 { -1.0, std::sqrt(3.0), 0.0 };
+    kvector_t v3 { 1.0, 1.0/std::sqrt(3.0), 2.0 };
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(a1, v1);
+    EXPECT_EQ(a2, v2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(a3, v3);
+}