diff --git a/tests/test-grad0.c b/tests/test-grad0.c
index ec5059220..b7d68cad9 100644
--- a/tests/test-grad0.c
+++ b/tests/test-grad0.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,25 @@ int main(int argc, const char ** argv) {
             }
         }
 
+        // cross_entropy_loss
+        {
+            const int nargs = 1;
+
+            int64_t ne2[4];
+            get_random_dims(ne2, 4);
+
+            for (int ndims = 1; ndims <= 3; ++ndims) {
+                x[0] = get_random_tensor(ctx0, ndims, ne2, -1.0f, 1.0f);
+                x[1] = get_random_tensor(ctx0, ndims, ne2, 0.0f, 1.0f);
+                ggml_set_param(ctx0, x[0]);
+
+                struct ggml_tensor * f = ggml_sum(ctx0, ggml_cross_entropy_loss(ctx0, x[0], x[1]));
+
+                check_gradient("cross_entropy_loss", ctx0, x, f, ndims, nargs, 1e-1f, 1e-2f, INFINITY);
+                // finite differences regularly fails!
+            }
+        }
+
         // rope
         {
             const int nargs = 1;