diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index f676ee9eb..8f8fedc91 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ else()
   ei_add_property(EIGEN_MISSING_BACKENDS  "PaStiX, ")
 endif()
 
+if(METIS_FOUND)
+  add_definitions("-DEIGEN_METIS_SUPPORT")
+  include_directories(${METIS_INCLUDES})
+  ei_add_property(EIGEN_TESTED_BACKENDS "METIS, ")
+else()
+  ei_add_property(EIGEN_MISSING_BACKENDS "METIS, ")
+endif()
+
 find_package(SPQR)
 if(SPQR_FOUND AND BLAS_FOUND AND LAPACK_FOUND)
   if(CHOLMOD_FOUND)
@@ -247,9 +255,9 @@ if(SPQR_FOUND AND CHOLMOD_FOUND)
   ei_add_test(spqr_support "" "${SPQR_ALL_LIBS}")
 endif()
 
-# if(SPQR_FOUND AND CHOLMOD_FOUND)
-#   ei_add_test(sparseLM "" "${SPQR_ALL_LIBS}")
-# endif()
+if(METIS_FOUND)
+ei_add_test(metis_support "" "${METIS_LIBRARIES}")
+endif()
 
 string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}" cmake_cxx_compiler_tolower)
 if(cmake_cxx_compiler_tolower MATCHES "qcc")
diff --git a/test/metis_support.cpp b/test/metis_support.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cc920263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/metis_support.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// This file is part of Eigen, a lightweight C++ template library
+// for linear algebra.
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2012 Désiré Nuentsa-Wakam <desire.nuentsa_wakam@inria.fr>
+//
+// Eigen 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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Alternatively, you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// Eigen 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 or the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License and a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+// Eigen. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#include "sparse_solver.h"
+#include <Eigen/SparseLU>
+#include <unsupported/Eigen/SparseExtra>
+
+template<typename T> void test_metis_T()
+{
+  SparseLU<SparseMatrix<T, ColMajor>, COLAMDOrdering<int> > sparselu_metis;
+  
+  check_sparse_square_solving(sparselu_metis); 
+}
+
+void test_metis_support()
+{
+  CALL_SUBTEST_1(test_metis_T<double>());
+}