diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index f5819ab1..0d238281 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ const MP = MultivariatePolynomials
 
 include("utils.jl")
 
+include("simple.jl")
+Mod = SimplePolynomials
+include("commutativetests.jl")
+
 # Taken from JuMP/test/solvers.jl
 function try_import(name::Symbol)
     try
diff --git a/test/simple.jl b/test/simple.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ea77e5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+module SimplePolynomials
+
+using MultivariatePolynomials
+const MP = MultivariatePolynomials
+
+# Taken from DynamicPolynomials/src/var.jl
+function polyvecvar(prefix, idxset)
+    [Variable("$(prefix * string(i))") for i in idxset]
+end
+
+function buildpolyvar(var)
+    if isa(var, Symbol)
+        :($(esc(var)) = Variable($"$var"))
+    else
+        isa(var, Expr) || error("Expected $var to be a variable name")
+        Base.Meta.isexpr(var, :ref) || error("Expected $var to be of the form varname[idxset]")
+        length(var.args) == 2 || error("Expected $var to have one index set")
+        varname = var.args[1]
+        prefix = string(var.args[1])
+        idxset = esc(var.args[2])
+        :($(esc(varname)) = polyvecvar($prefix, $idxset))
+    end
+end
+
+macro polyvar(args...)
+    reduce((x,y) -> :($x; $y), :(), buildpolyvar.(args))
+end
+
+
+struct Variable <: AbstractVariable
+    name::String
+end
+MP.name(v::Variable) = v.name
+Base.:(==)(v1::Variable, v2::Variable) = v1.name == v2.name
+struct Monomial <: AbstractMonomial
+    vars::Vector{Variable}
+    exps::Vector{Int}
+end
+const MonomialLike = Union{Variable, Monomial}
+MP.variables(m::Monomial) = m.vars
+MP.exponents(m::Monomial) = m.exps
+MP.monomial(v::Variable) = Monomial([v], [1])
+MP.termtype(::Union{MonomialLike, Type{<:MonomialLike}}) = Term{Int}
+struct Term{T} <: AbstractTerm{T}
+    α::T
+    m::Monomial
+end
+MP.coefficient(t::Term) = t.α
+MP.monomial(t::Term) = t.m
+struct Polynomial{T} <: AbstractPolynomial{T}
+    terms::Vector{Term{T}}
+end
+MP.terms(p::Polynomial) = p.terms
+
+end