diff --git a/libvisual/cmake/LVBuildTest.cmake b/libvisual/cmake/LVBuildTest.cmake
index 2a704bebf..5452f8748 100644
--- a/libvisual/cmake/LVBuildTest.cmake
+++ b/libvisual/cmake/LVBuildTest.cmake
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ FUNCTION(LV_BUILD_TEST TEST_NAME)
 
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${TEST_NAME}
     PRIVATE
-    libvisual
+    test_common
     Threads::Threads
     ${PARSED_ARGS_LINK_LIBS}
   )
diff --git a/libvisual/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/libvisual/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ae774412..1300f1e9f 100644
--- a/libvisual/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libvisual/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 INCLUDE(LVBuildTest)
 
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
+ADD_LIBRARY(test_common STATIC
+  random.cpp
+)
+
+TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(test_common PUBLIC
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 )
 
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(test_common PUBLIC libvisual)
+
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(audio_test)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(video_test)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(time_test)
diff --git a/libvisual/tests/random.cpp b/libvisual/tests/random.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47e58d064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libvisual/tests/random.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#include "random.hpp"
+#include <random>
+
+namespace LV::Tests
+{
+  LV::VideoPtr create_random_video (int width, int height, VisVideoDepth depth)
+  {
+      std::random_device device {};
+      std::uniform_int_distribution<uint8_t> distrib {0, 255};
+
+      auto video {LV::Video::create (width, height, depth)};
+
+      auto bytes_per_pixel = video->get_bpp ();
+      auto pitch = video->get_pitch ();
+
+      auto content_bytes_per_row = bytes_per_pixel * video->get_width ();
+
+      auto pixel_row_ptr = static_cast<uint8_t *>(video->get_pixels ());
+
+      for (int y = 0; y < video->get_height (); y++) {
+          auto pixel = pixel_row_ptr;
+          for (int c = 0; c < content_bytes_per_row; c++) {
+              *pixel = distrib (device);
+              pixel++;
+          }
+
+          pixel_row_ptr += pitch;
+      }
+
+      return video;
+  }
+} // LV::Tests namespace
diff --git a/libvisual/tests/random.hpp b/libvisual/tests/random.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9893b3e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libvisual/tests/random.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ifndef _LV_TESTS_VIDEO_RANDOM_HPP
+#define _LV_TESTS_VIDEO_RANDOM_HPP
+
+#include <libvisual/libvisual.h>
+
+namespace LV::Tests
+{
+  LV::VideoPtr create_random_video (int width, int height, VisVideoDepth depth);
+
+} // LV::Tests namespace
+
+#endif // defined(_LV_TESTS_VIDEO_COMMON_HPP)
diff --git a/libvisual/tests/video_test/CMakeLists.txt b/libvisual/tests/video_test/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f5244909..65cd4341a 100644
--- a/libvisual/tests/video_test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libvisual/tests/video_test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ LV_BUILD_TEST(video_check_test
   SOURCES video_check_test.cpp
 )
 
+LV_BUILD_TEST(video_blit_test
+  SOURCES video_blit_test.cpp
+)
+
 IF(HAVE_SDL)
   LV_BUILD_TEST(video_scale_test
     SOURCES   video_scale_test.cpp
diff --git a/libvisual/tests/video_test/video_blit_test.cpp b/libvisual/tests/video_test/video_blit_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5906747f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libvisual/tests/video_test/video_blit_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include "test.h"
+#include "random.hpp"
+#include <libvisual/libvisual.h>
+#include <cassert>
+
+namespace
+{
+  LV::VideoPtr clone_video (LV::VideoPtr const& source)
+  {
+      auto clone {LV::Video::create (source->get_width (), source->get_height (), source->get_depth ())};
+
+      assert (clone->get_pitch () == source->get_pitch ());
+      std::size_t buffer_size = static_cast<std::size_t> (clone->get_pitch () * clone->get_width ());
+
+      visual_mem_copy (clone->get_pixels (), source->get_pixels (), buffer_size);
+
+      return clone;
+  }
+
+  void test_blit_overlay_alphasrc ()
+  {
+      // Check that blit_overlay_alphasrc results are within +/- 1 of exact computation for each colour channel. The
+      // errors largely arise from the use of 256 instead of 255 as divisor for performance reasons.
+
+      int const test_width  = 31;
+      int const test_height = 31;
+
+      auto source = LV::Tests::create_random_video (test_width, test_height, VISUAL_VIDEO_DEPTH_32BIT);
+      source->set_compose_type (VISUAL_VIDEO_COMPOSE_TYPE_SRC);
+
+      auto target = LV::Tests::create_random_video (test_width, test_height, VISUAL_VIDEO_DEPTH_32BIT);
+
+      auto actual {clone_video (target)};
+      actual->blit (source, 0, 0, true);
+
+      for (int y = 0; y < test_height; y++) {
+          auto source_pixel = static_cast<uint8_t const*> (source->get_pixel_ptr (y, 0));
+          auto target_pixel = static_cast<uint8_t const*> (target->get_pixel_ptr (y, 0));
+          auto actual_pixel = static_cast<uint8_t const*> (actual->get_pixel_ptr (y, 0));
+
+          for (int x = 0; x < test_width; x++) {
+              LV_TEST_ASSERT (actual_pixel[3] == target_pixel[3]);
+
+              float source_alpha = static_cast<float> (source_pixel[3]) / 255.0f;
+              uint8_t b = source_alpha * source_pixel[0] + (1.0f - source_alpha) * target_pixel[0];
+              uint8_t g = source_alpha * source_pixel[1] + (1.0f - source_alpha) * target_pixel[1];
+              uint8_t r = source_alpha * source_pixel[2] + (1.0f - source_alpha) * target_pixel[2];
+
+              LV_TEST_ASSERT (std::abs (static_cast<int16_t> (actual_pixel[0]) - static_cast<int16_t> (b)) <= 1);
+              LV_TEST_ASSERT (std::abs (static_cast<int16_t> (actual_pixel[1]) - static_cast<int16_t> (g)) <= 1);
+              LV_TEST_ASSERT (std::abs (static_cast<int16_t> (actual_pixel[2]) - static_cast<int16_t> (r)) <= 1);
+
+              source_pixel += 4;
+              target_pixel += 4;
+              actual_pixel += 4;
+          }
+      }
+  }
+} // anonymous namespace
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    LV::System::init (argc, argv);
+    test_blit_overlay_alphasrc ();
+    LV::System::destroy ();
+}