diff --git a/collects/tests/mzscheme/place-channel.ss b/collects/tests/mzscheme/place-channel.ss
index e69de29bb2..e703028146 100644
--- a/collects/tests/mzscheme/place-channel.ss
+++ b/collects/tests/mzscheme/place-channel.ss
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+(load-relative "loadtest.ss")
+(Section 'place-channel)
+
+(define (splat txt fn)
+  (call-with-output-file fn #:exists 'replace
+      (lambda (out)
+        (fprintf out "~a" txt))))
+
+(splat
+#<<END
+(module pct1 scheme
+  (provide place-main)
+
+
+  (define-syntax (pcrs stx)
+    (syntax-case stx ()
+      [(_ ch body) 
+       (with-syntax
+          [(x (syntax-local-introduce #'x))]
+        #'(place-channel-send ch 
+          (let ([x (place-channel-recv ch)])
+            body)))]))
+
+  (define-syntax pcrss
+    (syntax-rules ()
+      [(_ ch body ...) (begin (pcrs ch body) ...)]))
+
+  (define (place-main ch)
+    (pcrss ch
+      (+ 1 x)
+      (string-append x "-ok")
+      (cons (car x) 'b)
+      (list (car x) 'b (cadr x))
+      (vector (vector-ref x 0) 'b (vector-ref x 1))))
+)
+END
+"pct1.ss")
+
+(define (pcsr ch x)
+  (place-channel-send ch x)
+  (place-channel-recv ch))
+
+(define-syntax pcsrs
+    (syntax-rules ()
+      [(_ ch (send expect) ...) (begin (test expect pcsr ch send) ...)]))
+
+(let ([pl (place "pct1.ss" 'place-main)])
+  (pcsrs pl
+    (1 2 )
+    ("Hello" "Hello-ok")
+    ((cons 'a 'a) (cons 'a 'b))
+    ((list 'a 'a) (list 'a 'b 'a))
+    (#(a a) #(a b a)))
+)
+