diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 9652efcd8bdc221f76b95198ccf24344e6b145c1..683aa6abcc06084614372326ba4f8f2dc94b4d53 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1678,6 +1678,7 @@ LCS/Messaging/test/tLofarMessages.cc -text
 LCS/Messaging/test/tLofarMessages.log_prop -text
 LCS/Messaging/test/tLofarMessages.sh -text
 LCS/Messaging/test/tMessaging.cc -text
+LCS/Messaging/test/tMessaging.sh -text
 LCS/Messaging/test/tTimeOut.cc -text
 LCS/PyCommon/CMakeLists.txt -text
 LCS/PyCommon/__init__.py -text
diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/test/tMessaging.sh b/LCS/Messaging/test/tMessaging.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5ff7ff9b3af6370aac9f53b600479a50fa2faf65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/test/tMessaging.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+./runctest.sh tMessaging