diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-attr-too-few.ifc b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-attr-too-few.ifc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b39bc0dee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-attr-too-few.ifc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ISO-10303-21;
+HEADER;
+FILE_DESCRIPTION(('ViewDefinition [CoordinationView]'),'2;1');
+FILE_NAME('','2022-10-02T14:16:07',(),(),'IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','');
+FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
+ENDSEC;
+DATA;
+#1=IFCPERSON($,$,$,$,$,$,$);
+ENDSEC;
+END-ISO-10303-21;
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-attr-too-many.ifc b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-attr-too-many.ifc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f39c0cf0d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-attr-too-many.ifc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ISO-10303-21;
+HEADER;
+FILE_DESCRIPTION(('ViewDefinition [CoordinationView]'),'2;1');
+FILE_NAME('','2022-10-02T14:16:07',(),(),'IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','');
+FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
+ENDSEC;
+DATA;
+#1=IFCPERSON($,$,$,$,$,$,$,$,$);
+ENDSEC;
+END-ISO-10303-21;
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-header-attr-too-few.ifc b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-header-attr-too-few.ifc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1954b0d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-header-attr-too-few.ifc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ISO-10303-21;
+HEADER;
+FILE_DESCRIPTION(('ViewDefinition [CoordinationView]'),'2;1');
+FILE_NAME('','2022-10-02T14:16:07',(),(),'IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','IfcOpenShell 0.7.0');
+FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
+ENDSEC;
+DATA;
+#1=IFCPERSON($,$,$,$,$,$,$,$);
+ENDSEC;
+END-ISO-10303-21;
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-header-attr-too-many.ifc b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-header-attr-too-many.ifc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..216fc1b1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-header-attr-too-many.ifc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ISO-10303-21;
+HEADER;
+FILE_DESCRIPTION(('ViewDefinition [CoordinationView]'),'2;1');
+FILE_NAME('','2022-10-02T14:16:07',(),(),'IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','','');
+FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
+ENDSEC;
+DATA;
+#1=IFCPERSON($,$,$,$,$,$,$,$);
+ENDSEC;
+END-ISO-10303-21;
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-invalid-entity.ifc b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-invalid-entity.ifc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3788c16cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/fail-invalid-entity.ifc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+ISO-10303-21;
+HEADER;
+FILE_DESCRIPTION(('ViewDefinition [CoordinationView]'),'2;1');
+FILE_NAME('','2022-10-01T16:31:47',(),(),'IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','');
+FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
+ENDSEC;
+DATA;
+#1=IFCBUILTELEMENT('2CbOYFeCHBku9$oytmyQ2e',$,$,$,$,$,$,$);
+#2=IFCRELASSOCIATESMATERIAL('0e6aLxV9b8OvwguVdjzRsn',$,$,$,(#1),#3);
+#3=IFCMATERIAL('brick',$,$);
+ENDSEC;
+END-ISO-10303-21;
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/pass-attr-count-ok.ifc b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/pass-attr-count-ok.ifc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e62b69592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/fixtures/validate/pass-attr-count-ok.ifc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+ISO-10303-21;
+HEADER;
+FILE_DESCRIPTION(('ViewDefinition [CoordinationView]'),'2;1');
+FILE_NAME('','2022-10-02T14:16:07',(),(),'IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','IfcOpenShell 0.7.0','');
+FILE_SCHEMA(('IFC4'));
+ENDSEC;
+DATA;
+#1=IFCPERSON($,$,$,$,$,$,$,$);
+ENDSEC;
+END-ISO-10303-21;
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/validate.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/validate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ad4a83f45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/test/validate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# IfcOpenShell - IFC toolkit and geometry engine
+# Copyright (C) 2021 Thomas Krijnen <thomas@aecgeeks.com>
+#
+# This file is part of IfcOpenShell.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# IfcOpenShell is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with IfcOpenShell.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import os
+import glob
+
+import pytest
+
+import ifcopenshell.validate
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "file",
+    glob.glob(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "fixtures/validate/*.ifc")),
+)
+def test_file(file):
+    logger = ifcopenshell.validate.json_logger()
+    ifcopenshell.validate.validate(file, logger)
+    if file.startswith("fail-"):
+        assert len(logger.statements) > 0
+    if file.startswith("pass-"):
+        assert len(logger.statements) == 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pytest.main(["-sx", __file__])