diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7cd9eac..3a4e2d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "autocfg"
+version = "1.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -110,6 +116,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg-if"
+version = "1.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.4.6"
@@ -223,6 +235,107 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "23342abe12aba583913b2e62f22225ff9c950774065e4bfb61a19cd9770fec40"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-executor",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-channel"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "955518d47e09b25bbebc7a18df10b81f0c766eaf4c4f1cccef2fca5f2a4fb5f2"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-sink",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-core"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4bca583b7e26f571124fe5b7561d49cb2868d79116cfa0eefce955557c6fee8c"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-executor"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ccecee823288125bd88b4d7f565c9e58e41858e47ab72e8ea2d64e93624386e0"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-task",
+ "futures-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-io"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4fff74096e71ed47f8e023204cfd0aa1289cd54ae5430a9523be060cdb849964"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-macro"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "89ca545a94061b6365f2c7355b4b32bd20df3ff95f02da9329b34ccc3bd6ee72"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-sink"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f43be4fe21a13b9781a69afa4985b0f6ee0e1afab2c6f454a8cf30e2b2237b6e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-task"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76d3d132be6c0e6aa1534069c705a74a5997a356c0dc2f86a47765e5617c5b65"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-timer"
+version = "3.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e64b03909df88034c26dc1547e8970b91f98bdb65165d6a4e9110d94263dbb2c"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-util"
+version = "0.3.28"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26b01e40b772d54cf6c6d721c1d1abd0647a0106a12ecaa1c186273392a69533"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-channel",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-io",
+ "futures-macro",
+ "futures-sink",
+ "futures-task",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "pin-utils",
+ "slab",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "glob"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.1"
@@ -317,6 +430,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pacdef_macros",
  "path-absolutize",
  "regex",
+ "rstest",
  "rust-apt",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -353,6 +467,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-project-lite"
+version = "0.2.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pin-utils"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.27"
@@ -424,6 +550,41 @@ version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "relative-path"
+version = "1.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c707298afce11da2efef2f600116fa93ffa7a032b5d7b628aa17711ec81383ca"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rstest"
+version = "0.18.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97eeab2f3c0a199bc4be135c36c924b6590b88c377d416494288c14f2db30199"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures",
+ "futures-timer",
+ "rstest_macros",
+ "rustc_version",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rstest_macros"
+version = "0.18.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d428f8247852f894ee1be110b375111b586d4fa431f6c46e64ba5a0dcccbe605"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "glob",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "regex",
+ "relative-path",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "syn",
+ "unicode-ident",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-apt"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -436,6 +597,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "termsize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc_version"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bfa0f585226d2e68097d4f95d113b15b83a82e819ab25717ec0590d9584ef366"
+dependencies = [
+ "semver",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ryu"
 version = "1.0.15"
@@ -457,6 +627,12 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a3cf7c11c38cb994f3d40e8a8cde3bbd1f72a435e4c49e85d6553d8312306152"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "1.0.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "836fa6a3e1e547f9a2c4040802ec865b5d85f4014efe00555d7090a3dcaa1090"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.189"
@@ -501,6 +677,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "unsafe-libyaml",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "slab"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8f92a496fb766b417c996b9c5e57daf2f7ad3b0bebe1ccfca4856390e3d3bb67"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.10.0"
diff --git a/bacon.toml b/bacon.toml
index 130bc09..cfbc38a 100644
--- a/bacon.toml
+++ b/bacon.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ command = [
   "test",
   "--color",
   "always",
+  "--package",
+  "pacdef_core",
   "--",
   "--color",
   "always",  # see https://github.com/Canop/bacon/issues/124
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/Cargo.toml b/crates/pacdef_core/Cargo.toml
index 12d4002..a2de30b 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ rust-apt = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 
 libc = { version = "0.2", optional = true }  # for debian
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+rstest = "0.18"
+
 [features]
 default = []
 arch = ["dep:alpm"]
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/datastructure.rs b/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/datastructure.rs
index 854e917..1b6eb8e 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/datastructure.rs
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/datastructure.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Arguments {
     Group(GroupAction),
     Package(PackageAction),
     Version,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum GroupAction {
     Edit(Groups),
     Export(Groups, OutputDir, Force),
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ pub enum GroupAction {
     Show(Groups),
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Files(pub Vec<String>);
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Groups(pub Vec<String>);
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum PackageAction {
     Clean(Noconfirm),
     Review,
@@ -31,17 +31,17 @@ pub enum PackageAction {
     Unmanaged,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Regex(pub String);
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Edit(pub bool);
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Noconfirm(pub bool);
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Force(pub bool);
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub struct OutputDir(pub Option<String>);
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/mod.rs b/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/mod.rs
index 638b586..a1e2848 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 mod cli;
 mod datastructure;
 mod parsing;
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
 
 pub use datastructure::*;
 
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/tests.rs b/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da641c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/src/args/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use super::cli::build_cli;
+use super::datastructure::*;
+use super::parsing::parse;
+
+use rstest::rstest;
+
+#[rstest]
+#[case(vec!["pacdef", "group", "list"],
+       Arguments::Group(GroupAction::List))]
+#[case(vec!["pacdef", "g", "l"],
+       Arguments::Group(GroupAction::List))]
+#[case(vec!["pacdef", "version"],
+       Arguments::Version)]
+#[case(vec!["pacdef", "group", "export", "-o", "/tmp", "--force", "base"],
+       Arguments::Group(GroupAction::Export(Groups(vec!["base".to_string()]), OutputDir(Some("/tmp".to_string())), Force(true))))]
+#[case(vec!["pacdef", "package", "sync"],
+       Arguments::Package(PackageAction::Sync(Noconfirm(false))))]
+#[case(vec!["pacdef", "package", "sync", "--noconfirm"],
+       Arguments::Package(PackageAction::Sync(Noconfirm(true))))]
+#[case(vec!["pacdef", "p", "se", "myregex"],
+       Arguments::Package(PackageAction::Search(Regex("myregex".to_string()))))]
+fn arg_parsing(#[case] input: Vec<&str>, #[case] expected: Arguments) {
+    let args = build_cli().get_matches_from(input);
+    let parsed = parse(args);
+
+    assert_eq!(parsed, expected);
+}