diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index f1c24491..b5bd2fbc 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set version = "4.9.2" %}
-{% set build = 9 %}
+{% set build = 10 %}
 
 # recipe-lint fails if mpi is undefined
 {% set mpi = mpi or 'nompi' %}
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ requirements:
     - aws-sdk-cpp
 
 test:
+  files:
+    - test_netcdf.py
+  requires:
+    - netcdf4
   commands:
+    - python -c "import test_netcdf; test_netcdf.test_netcdf()"
     - test ! -f ${PREFIX}/lib/libnetcdf.a          # [not win]
     - test -f ${PREFIX}/lib/libnetcdf${SHLIB_EXT}  # [not win]
     - nc-config --all  # [not win]
diff --git a/recipe/run_test.bat b/recipe/run_test.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce6a6245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe/run_test.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+%PYTHON% -c "import test_netcdf; test_netcdf.test_netcdf()"
diff --git a/recipe/test_netcdf.py b/recipe/test_netcdf.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be1786e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe/test_netcdf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from netCDF4 import Dataset
+
+
+def test_netcdf():
+    nc = Dataset("test_netcdf4_python.nc", mode="w")
+    nc.close()