diff --git a/Tools/autotest/examples.py b/Tools/autotest/examples.py
index 6f65eb5764..de4c1cc209 100644
--- a/Tools/autotest/examples.py
+++ b/Tools/autotest/examples.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
+import pexpect
 import signal
 import subprocess
 import time
@@ -43,6 +44,22 @@ def run_example(filepath, valgrind=False, gdb=False):
 def run_examples(debug=False, valgrind=False, gdb=False):
     dirpath = util.reltopdir(os.path.join('build', 'linux', 'examples'))
 
+    print("Running Hello")
+    # explicitly run helloworld and check for output
+    hello_path = os.path.join(dirpath, "Hello")
+    p = pexpect.spawn(hello_path, ["Hello"])
+    ex = None
+    try:
+        p.expect("hello world", timeout=5)
+    except pexpect.TIMEOUT as e:
+        ex = e
+    print("ran Hello")
+
+    p.close()
+
+    if ex is not None:
+        raise ex
+
     skip = {
         "BARO_generic": "Most linux computers don't have baros...",
         "RCProtocolDecoder": "This assumes specific hardware is connected",