diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_language_bindings.yml b/.github/workflows/test_language_bindings.yml
index bffbb1c2a..010b0caab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_language_bindings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_language_bindings.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - test_java
       - test_javascript
       - test_julia
+      - test_matlab
       - test_perl
       - test_php
       - test_R
@@ -160,6 +161,17 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         PATH="$PATH:$PWD/julia-1.8.2/bin" make julia
 
+  test_matlab:
+    name: "Test: Matlab/Octave"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: prereqs
+      run: sudo apt-get install octave -y
+    - name: run
+      run: make matlab
+    
+
   test_perl:
     name: "Test: Perl"
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/src/MATLAB/main.m b/src/MATLAB/main.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09ac11175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MATLAB/main.m
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+% Load the shared library
+libraryPath = '../../build/libdice.so';  % Replace with the actual path to your library
+lib = dlopen(libraryPath, 1);
+
+% Define the function signature
+returnType = 'void'; 
+argTypes = {'char*', 'char*'};
+roll_and_write = libpointer('string', '');
+
+% Call the function
+[param1, param2] = deal('20d8', 'output.txt'); 
+calllib(lib, 'roll_and_write', roll_and_write, param1, param2);
+
+% Unload the library
+dlclose(lib);
+
+% read result
+outputFilePath = 'output.txt';  % Replace with the actual path to your output file
+result = dlmread(outputFilePath);
+
+% Check if the result is greater than 1
+if result > 1
+    disp('Result is greater than 1!');
+    exit(0)
+else
+    disp('Result is not greater than 1.');
+end
+exit(1)
diff --git a/src/MATLAB/target.mk b/src/MATLAB/target.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..430785fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MATLAB/target.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.PHONY: matlab
+matlab: all
+	octave src/MATLAB/main.m build/libdice.so