diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/CMakeLists.txt
index ea4bb76980..844edfa281 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ SET(PartDesign_Scripts
     PartDesignTests/TestShapeBinder.py
     PartDesignTests/TestPad.py
     PartDesignTests/TestPocket.py
+    PartDesignTests/TestHole.py
     PartDesignTests/TestRevolve.py
     PartDesignTests/TestLoft.py
     PartDesignTests/TestPipe.py
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/PartDesign/CMakeLists.txt
index 2874268cab..4beafbfa1e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ INSTALL(
         PartDesignTests/TestShapeBinder.py
         PartDesignTests/TestPad.py
         PartDesignTests/TestPocket.py
+        PartDesignTests/TestHole.py
         PartDesignTests/TestRevolve.py
         PartDesignTests/TestLoft.py
         PartDesignTests/TestPipe.py
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/PartDesignTests/TestHole.py b/src/Mod/PartDesign/PartDesignTests/TestHole.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..addf1b2e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/PartDesignTests/TestHole.py
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#   Copyright (c) Kurt Kremitzki <kkremitzki@gmail.com>          2017     *
+#                                                                         *
+#   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+#                                                                         *
+#   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+#   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+#   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+#   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+#   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+#                                                                         *
+#   FreeCAD 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 Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+#                                                                         *
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+#   License along with FreeCAD; if not, write to the Free Software        *
+#   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+#   USA                                                                   *
+#**************************************************************************
+from math import pi
+import unittest
+
+import FreeCAD
+import TestSketcherApp
+
+App = FreeCAD
+
+
+class TestHole(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.Doc = FreeCAD.newDocument("PartDesignTestBoolean")
+
+    def testPlainHole(self):
+        self.Body = self.Doc.addObject('PartDesign::Body','Body')
+        self.Box = self.Doc.addObject('PartDesign::AdditiveBox','Box')
+        self.Box.Length=10
+        self.Box.Width=10
+        self.Box.Height=10
+        self.Body.addObject(self.Box)
+        self.Doc.recompute()
+        self.HoleSketch = self.Doc.addObject('Sketcher::SketchObject', 'SketchHole')
+        self.HoleSketch.Support = (self.Doc.XY_Plane, [''])
+        self.HoleSketch.MapMode = 'FlatFace'
+        self.HoleSketch.MapReversed = True
+        self.Body.addObject(self.HoleSketch)
+        TestSketcherApp.CreateCircleSketch(self.HoleSketch, (-5, 5),  1)
+        self.Doc.recompute()
+        self.Hole = self.Doc.addObject("PartDesign::Hole", "Hole")
+        self.Hole.Profile = self.HoleSketch
+        self.Body.addObject(self.Hole)
+        self.Doc.recompute()
+        self.Hole.Diameter = 6
+        self.Hole.Depth = 10
+        # self.Hole.DrillPointAngle = 118.000000
+        # self.Hole.TaperedAngle = 90
+        self.Hole.ThreadType = 0
+        self.Hole.HoleCutType = 0 # 1 = Counterbore, 2 = Countersink
+        # self.Hole.HoleCutDiameter = 5
+        # self.Hole.HoleCutCountersinkAngle = 90
+        # self.Hole.HoleCutDepth = 2 # Counterbore
+        self.Hole.DepthType = 0 # 1 = Through all
+        self.Hole.DrillPoint = 0 # 1 = Angled
+        self.Hole.Tapered = 0 # On/off
+        self.Doc.recompute()
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(self.Hole.Shape.Volume, 10**3 - pi * 3**2 * 10)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        #closing doc
+        FreeCAD.closeDocument("PartDesignTestBoolean")
+        #print ("omit closing document for debugging")
+
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/TestPartDesignApp.py b/src/Mod/PartDesign/TestPartDesignApp.py
index ebe8c02c83..659495bbe2 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/TestPartDesignApp.py
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/TestPartDesignApp.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from PartDesignTests.TestShapeBinder import TestShapeBinder
 # additive/subtractive features & primitives
 from PartDesignTests.TestPad import TestPad
 from PartDesignTests.TestPocket import TestPocket
+from PartDesignTests.TestHole import TestHole
 from PartDesignTests.TestRevolve import TestRevolve
 from PartDesignTests.TestPipe import TestPipe
 from PartDesignTests.TestLoft import TestLoft