diff --git a/test/test_content/test_content.py b/test/test_content/test_content.py
index 770d4e1a..e3bac8d6 100644
--- a/test/test_content/test_content.py
+++ b/test/test_content/test_content.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class FileTest(unittest.TestCase, metaclass=dynamic.DynamicTest):
 
     @classmethod
     def _create_content_test(cls, base):
-        """Return a function that `base.source` produces the correct file list"""
+        """Return a function that tests that `base.source` produces the correct file list"""
 
         def test_content(self):
             """Test that `base.source` produces the correct file list"""
diff --git a/test/test_index/__init__.py b/test/test_index/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test/test_index/test_index.py b/test/test_index/test_index.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94748fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_index/test_index.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""Tests for the index generation."""
+
+import codecs
+import glob
+import os
+import unittest
+
+from patacrep.index import process_sxd
+
+from .. import dynamic # pylint: disable=unused-import
+
+
+class FileTest(unittest.TestCase, metaclass=dynamic.DynamicTest):
+    """Test of the index generation.
+
+    For any given `foo.sxd`, it generates the index.
+    It controls that the generated file is equal to the one in `foo.sbx`.
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _iter_testmethods(cls):
+        """Iterate over dynamically generated test methods"""
+        for source in sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(
+                os.path.dirname(__file__),
+                '*.sxd',
+            ))):
+            base = source[:-len(".sxd")]
+            yield (
+                "test_index_{}".format(os.path.basename(base)),
+                cls._create_index_test(base),
+                )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _create_index_test(cls, base):
+        """Return a function that tests that `foo.sxd` produces the sbx file"""
+
+        def test_index(self):
+            """Test that `foo.sxd` produces the correct sbx file"""
+            generated_index = process_sxd(base + ".sxd").entries_to_str()
+            with codecs.open(base + ".sbx", "r", "utf-8") as control_index:
+                self.assertEqual(control_index.read(), generated_index, )
+
+        test_index.__doc__ = (
+            "Test that '{base}.sxd' produces the correct sbx file"""
+            ).format(base=os.path.basename(base))
+        return test_index