diff --git a/tests/test_jar_manifest.py b/tests/test_jar_manifest.py
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+import os
+import unittest
+import json
+import jc.parsers.jar_manifest
+
+THIS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+
+class MyTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # input
+        with open(os.path.join(THIS_DIR, os.pardir, 'tests/fixtures/rhel-8/MANIFEST.MF.out'), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            self.rhel_8_manifest_mf = f.read()
+
+        with open(os.path.join(THIS_DIR, os.pardir, 'tests/fixtures/rhel-8/MANIFEST.MF.MULTI.out'), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            self.rhel_8_manifest_mf_multi = f.read()
+
+        # output
+        with open(os.path.join(THIS_DIR, os.pardir, 'tests/fixtures/rhel-8/MANIFEST.MF.json'), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            self.rhel_8_manifest_mf_json = json.loads(f.read())
+
+        with open(os.path.join(THIS_DIR, os.pardir, 'tests/fixtures/rhel-8/MANIFEST.MF.MULTI.json'), 'r', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+            self.rhel_8_manifest_mf_multi_json = json.loads(f.read())
+
+    def test_jar_manifest_nodata(self):
+        """
+        Test 'jar_manifest' parser with no data
+        """
+        self.assertEqual(jc.parsers.jar_manifest.parse('', quiet=True), [])
+
+    def test_jar_manifest_rhel_8(self):
+        """
+        Test 'cat MANIFEST.MF | jc --jar_manifest'
+        """
+        self.assertEqual(jc.parsers.jar_manifest.parse(self.rhel_8_manifest_mf, quiet=True), self.rhel_8_manifest_mf_json)
+
+    def test_jar_manifest_multi_rhel_8(self):
+        """
+        Test 'unzip -c apache-log4j-2.16.0-bin/log4j-core-2.16.0.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | jc --jar_manifest'
+        """
+        self.assertEqual(jc.parsers.jar_manifest.parse(self.rhel_8_manifest_mf_multi, quiet=True), self.rhel_8_manifest_mf_multi_json)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()