diff --git a/ce/03_no-cores.sh b/ce/03_no-cores.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a2bc42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ce/03_no-cores.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SYSCTL="/sbin/sysctl"
+CORE_DIR=$(dirname $(${SYSCTL} kernel.core_pattern | awk '{print $3}'| sed -e "s_'__g"))
+NUM_FILES=$(ls -1 ${CORE_DIR}|wc -l)
+
+echo "1..1"
+
+if [ -d ${CORE_DIR} ]; then
+	if [[ $NUM_FILES > 0 ]]; then
+		echo "not ok ${CORE_DIR} not empty"
+	else
+		echo "ok ${CORE_DIR} empty"
+	fi
+else
+	echo "ok no ${CORE_DIR}"
+fi
diff --git a/pro/03_no-cores.sh b/pro/03_no-cores.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a2bc42d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pro/03_no-cores.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+SYSCTL="/sbin/sysctl"
+CORE_DIR=$(dirname $(${SYSCTL} kernel.core_pattern | awk '{print $3}'| sed -e "s_'__g"))
+NUM_FILES=$(ls -1 ${CORE_DIR}|wc -l)
+
+echo "1..1"
+
+if [ -d ${CORE_DIR} ]; then
+	if [[ $NUM_FILES > 0 ]]; then
+		echo "not ok ${CORE_DIR} not empty"
+	else
+		echo "ok ${CORE_DIR} empty"
+	fi
+else
+	echo "ok no ${CORE_DIR}"
+fi
diff --git a/testrunner b/testrunner
index 00a153a..54748d2 100755
--- a/testrunner
+++ b/testrunner
@@ -21,5 +21,9 @@ for test in ${1}/*.t ; do
   perl "$test" > "${REPORT_DIRECTORY}/$(basename ${test}).tap" 2>&1
 done
 
+for test in ${1}/*.sh ; do
+	./$test > "${REPORT_DIRECTORY}/$(basename ${test}).tap" 2>&1
+done
+
 tar acf reports.tar.gz "${REPORT_DIRECTORY}"
 echo "Generated reports.tar.gz"