diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 003cfe77..489962e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2023-12-09  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
+
+	* inst/tinytest/test_misc.R: Add tests for thread throttling
+
 2023-12-03  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>
 
 	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): RcppArmadillo 0.12.6.6.1
diff --git a/inst/tinytest/test_misc.R b/inst/tinytest/test_misc.R
index abd760fe..c52b5d24 100644
--- a/inst/tinytest/test_misc.R
+++ b/inst/tinytest/test_misc.R
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/r -t
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021         Dirk Eddelbuettel
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2023  Dirk Eddelbuettel
 #
 # This file is part of RcppArmadillo.
 #
@@ -36,3 +36,10 @@ armadillo_set_seed(42L)                 # no test as we have no (current) access
 cxxflags <- RcppArmadillo:::RcppArmadilloCxxFlags()
 expect_true(is.character(cxxflags))
 expect_stdout(RcppArmadillo:::CxxFlags())
+
+## 'set number of threads' helper -- adding simple test
+expect_true(is.integer(armadillo_get_number_of_omp_threads()))
+expect_silent(armadillo_set_number_of_omp_threads(2))
+## startup throttle/restore helpers
+expect_silent(armadillo_throttle_cores())
+expect_silent(armadillo_reset_cores())