diff --git a/resources/syntaxtreegenerator/Instanceof.ast b/resources/syntaxtreegenerator/Instanceof.ast
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..993d7740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/syntaxtreegenerator/Instanceof.ast
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class Instanceof {
+
+Instanceof(){
+    super(());
+  }
+  void checkInstanceof(){
+    TPH a;
+    a = 4;
+    return a instanceof java.lang.Integer;
+  }
+
+  Instanceof(){
+    super(());
+  }
+
+}
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diff --git a/resources/syntaxtreegenerator/javFiles/Instanceof.jav b/resources/syntaxtreegenerator/javFiles/Instanceof.jav
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b383437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/syntaxtreegenerator/javFiles/Instanceof.jav
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import java.lang.Integer;
+
+public class Instanceof{
+		 void checkInstanceof() {
+    		var a = 4;
+    		return (a instanceof java.lang.Integer);
+    	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/syntaxtreegenerator/TestNewFeatures.java b/src/test/java/syntaxtreegenerator/TestNewFeatures.java
index f35b0f11..5008c55d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/syntaxtreegenerator/TestNewFeatures.java
+++ b/src/test/java/syntaxtreegenerator/TestNewFeatures.java
@@ -1,5 +1,61 @@
 package syntaxtreegenerator;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import de.dhbwstuttgart.core.JavaTXCompiler;
+import de.dhbwstuttgart.syntaxtree.visual.ASTPrinter;
+
 public class TestNewFeatures {
+    private static HashMap<String, File[]> javFiles = new HashMap<>();
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setUp() {
+        final String testFileDirectory = "resources/syntaxtreegenerator/javFiles/";
+        final String expectedASTDirectory = "resources/syntaxtreegenerator/";
+        File dir = new File(testFileDirectory);
+        for (File f : dir.listFiles(new JavFilter())) {
+            String basefilename = f.getName().replace(".jav", "");
+            // javFiles.put(basefilename, new File[] { f, new File(expectedASTDirectory + basefilename + ".ast") });
+            javFiles.put(basefilename, new File[] { f, new File(expectedASTDirectory + basefilename + ".ast") });
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void instanceOfTest() {
+        try {
+            FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(javFiles.get("Instanceof")[1]);
+            String expectedAST = new String(fileIn.readAllBytes());
+            fileIn.close();
+            expectedAST = expectedAST.replaceAll("TPH [A-Z]+", "TPH");
+            File srcfile = javFiles.get("Instanceof")[0];
+            JavaTXCompiler compiler = new JavaTXCompiler(srcfile);
+            String resultingAST = new String(ASTPrinter.print(compiler.sourceFiles.get(srcfile)));
+            resultingAST = resultingAST.replaceAll("TPH [A-Z]+", "TPH");
+            System.out.println("Expected:\n" + new String(expectedAST));
+            System.out.println("Result:\n" + new String(resultingAST));
+            assertEquals("Comparing expected and resulting AST for applyLambda.jav", expectedAST, resultingAST);
+        } catch (Exception exc) {
+            exc.printStackTrace();
+            fail("An error occured while generating the AST for applyLambda.jav");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class JavFilter implements FileFilter {
+    @Override
+    public boolean accept(File pathname) {
+        if (pathname.getName().contains(".jav"))
+            return true;
+        return false;
+    }
 
 }
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