diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/general_hooks/check_xml_encoding_test.py b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/general_hooks/check_xml_encoding_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f785d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/general_hooks/check_xml_encoding_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+from pre_commit_hooks.loaderon_hooks.general_hooks.check_xml_encoding import main
+from pre_commit_hooks.loaderon_hooks.tests.automatic_testing.util.test_helpers import \
+    perform_test_on_file_expecting_result
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def clean_sys_argv():
+    sys.argv = []
+
+    # Encoding to be checked
+    sys.argv.append('--encoding')
+    sys.argv.append(r'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>')
+    yield
+
+
+def test_check_xml_encoding_ok():
+    perform_test_on_file_expecting_result('check_xml_encoding_samples/ok.xml', main)
+
+
+def test_check_xml_encoding_error_1():
+    perform_test_on_file_expecting_result('check_xml_encoding_samples/no_encoding.xml', main, expected_result=2)
+
+
+def test_check_xml_encoding_error_2():
+    perform_test_on_file_expecting_result('check_xml_encoding_samples/first_line_is_empty_space.xml',
+                                          main,
+                                          expected_result=2)
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/__init__.py b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/first_line_is_empty_space.xml b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/first_line_is_empty_space.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dfebd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/first_line_is_empty_space.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<odoo>
+    <data>
+        <record id="id" model="ir.ui.view">
+            <field name="name">some.model.form.inherit</field>
+            <field name="model">some.model</field>
+        </record>
+    </data>
+</odoo>
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/no_encoding.xml b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/no_encoding.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0b4a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/no_encoding.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<odoo>
+    <data>
+        <record id="id" model="ir.ui.view">
+            <field name="name">some.model.form.inherit</field>
+            <field name="model">some.model</field>
+        </record>
+    </data>
+</odoo>
diff --git a/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/ok.xml b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/ok.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b054a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pre_commit_hooks/loaderon_hooks/tests/automatic_testing/testing_files/check_xml_encoding_samples/ok.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<odoo>
+    <data>
+        <record id="id" model="ir.ui.view">
+            <field name="name">some.model.form.inherit</field>
+            <field name="model">some.model</field>
+        </record>
+    </data>
+</odoo>