diff --git a/tests/drivers/.gitignore b/tests/drivers/.gitignore
index 6ee22ede0..8165574a9 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/drivers/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ java/*.class
 # javascript driver
 javascript/node_modules
 javascript/package-lock.json
+
+# python driver
+python/ve3
diff --git a/tests/drivers/python/run.sh b/tests/drivers/python/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3b4d5a008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/drivers/python/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+VIRTUALENV=virtualenv
+PIP=pip
+PYTHON=python
+WORKING_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+set -e
+
+cd ${WORKING_DIR}
+
+# system check
+if ! which $VIRTUALENV >/dev/null; then
+    echo "Please install virtualenv!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# setup virtual environment
+if [ ! -d "ve3" ]; then
+    virtualenv -p python3 ve3
+fi
+source ve3/bin/activate
+$PIP install --upgrade pip
+$PIP install neo4j-driver
+
+# execute test
+$PYTHON test.py
diff --git a/tests/drivers/python/test.py b/tests/drivers/python/test.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22b5278bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/drivers/python/test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from neo4j.v1 import GraphDatabase, basic_auth
+
+driver = GraphDatabase.driver("bolt://localhost:7687",
+                              auth=basic_auth("", ""),
+                              encrypted=False)
+session = driver.session()
+
+session.run('MATCH (n) DETACH DELETE n').consume()
+session.run('CREATE (alice:Person {name: "Alice", age: 22})').consume()
+
+returned_result_set = session.run('MATCH (n) RETURN n').data()
+returned_result = returned_result_set.pop()
+alice = returned_result["n"]
+
+print(alice['name'])
+print(alice.labels)
+print(alice['age'])
+
+session.close()
+driver.close()
+
+print("All ok!")