diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 406b0b74..aece85f9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(tests/lanczos/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(tests/smearing/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(tests/qdpxx/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(tests/testu01/Makefile)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(tests/Sp2n/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(benchmarks/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(examples/Makefile)
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index 7928a7fe..c6380cda 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SUBDIRS = . core forces hmc solver debug smearing IO lanczos
+SUBDIRS = . core forces hmc solver debug smearing IO lanczos sp2n
 
 if BUILD_CHROMA_REGRESSION
   SUBDIRS+= qdpxx
diff --git a/tests/sp2n/Makefile.am b/tests/sp2n/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ee7421c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sp2n/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.PHONY: check
+
+include Make.inc
+
+check: tests
+	./Test_project_on_Sp
+	./test_sp2n_lie_gen
diff --git a/tests/sp2n/Test_project_on_Sp.cc b/tests/sp2n/Test_project_on_Sp.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61ec6d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sp2n/Test_project_on_Sp.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+
+using namespace Grid;
+
+int main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+     Grid_init(&argc,&argv);
+    
+    
+    Coordinate latt_size   = GridDefaultLatt();
+    Coordinate simd_layout = GridDefaultSimd(Nd,vComplex::Nsimd());
+    Coordinate mpi_layout  = GridDefaultMpi();
+
+    GridCartesian             Grid(latt_size,simd_layout,mpi_layout);
+    GridRedBlackCartesian     RBGrid(&Grid);
+    
+    
+    LatticeGaugeField Umu(&Grid);
+    LatticeColourMatrixD U(&Grid);
+    
+    std::vector<int> pseeds({1,2,3,4,5});
+    std::vector<int> sseeds({6,7,8,9,10});
+    GridParallelRNG  pRNG(&Grid); pRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(pseeds);
+    GridSerialRNG    sRNG;       sRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(sseeds);
+    
+    SU<Nc>::HotConfiguration(pRNG,Umu);
+    U = PeekIndex<LorentzIndex>(Umu,0);
+    
+    
+    U = ProjectOnSpGroup(U);
+    
+    Grid_finalize();
+
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/sp2n/Test_sp2n_lie_gen.cc b/tests/sp2n/Test_sp2n_lie_gen.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c3766e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sp2n/Test_sp2n_lie_gen.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+
+
+
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+#include <Grid/qcd/utils/Sp2n.h>
+
+using namespace Grid;
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  Grid_init(&argc, &argv);
+    
+  //std::vector<int> latt({4, 4, 4, 8});
+  //GridCartesian* grid = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFourDimGrid(
+  //latt, GridDefaultSimd(Nd, vComplex::Nsimd()), GridDefaultMpi());
+  //GridRedBlackCartesian* rbGrid = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFourDimRedBlackGrid(grid);
+    
+    std::cout << GridLogMessage << "*********************************************"
+              << std::endl;
+    std::cout << GridLogMessage << "* Generators for Sp(2)" << std::endl;
+    std::cout << GridLogMessage << "*********************************************"
+              << std::endl;
+      
+    Sp2::printGenerators();
+    Sp2::testGenerators();
+  
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "*********************************************"
+            << std::endl;
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "* Generators for Sp(4)" << std::endl;
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "*********************************************"
+            << std::endl;
+    
+  Sp4::printGenerators();
+  Sp4::testGenerators();
+    
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "*********************************************"
+            << std::endl;
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "* Generators for Sp(6)" << std::endl;
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "*********************************************"
+            << std::endl;
+  
+  Sp6::printGenerators();
+  Sp6::testGenerators();
+    
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "*********************************************"
+              << std::endl;
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "* Generators for Sp(8)" << std::endl;
+  std::cout << GridLogMessage << "*********************************************"
+              << std::endl;
+    
+  Sp8::printGenerators();
+  Sp8::testGenerators(); 
+    
+    
+  Grid_finalize();
+}