diff --git a/src/evmctl.c b/src/evmctl.c
index 1815f55..bb51688 100644
--- a/src/evmctl.c
+++ b/src/evmctl.c
@@ -165,29 +165,6 @@ struct tpm_bank_info {
 static char *pcrfile[MAX_PCRFILE];
 static unsigned npcrfile;
 
-static int bin2file(const char *file, const char *ext, const unsigned char *data, int len)
-{
-	FILE *fp;
-	char name[strlen(file) + (ext ? strlen(ext) : 0) + 2];
-	int err;
-
-	if (ext)
-		sprintf(name, "%s.%s", file, ext);
-	else
-		sprintf(name, "%s", file);
-
-	log_info("Writing to %s\n", name);
-
-	fp = fopen(name, "w");
-	if (!fp) {
-		log_err("Failed to open: %s\n", name);
-		return -1;
-	}
-	err = fwrite(data, len, 1, fp);
-	fclose(fp);
-	return err;
-}
-
 static unsigned char *file2bin(const char *file, const char *ext, int *size)
 {
 	FILE *fp;
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index fbb6a4b..6b99e78 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -112,3 +112,23 @@ int hex2bin(void *dst, const char *src, size_t count)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int bin2file(const char *file, const char *ext, const unsigned char *data, int len)
+{
+	FILE *fp;
+	char name[strlen(file) + (ext ? strlen(ext) : 0) + 2];
+	int err;
+
+	if (ext)
+		sprintf(name, "%s.%s", file, ext);
+	else
+		sprintf(name, "%s", file);
+
+	fp = fopen(name, "w");
+	if (!fp) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	err = fwrite(data, len, 1, fp);
+	fclose(fp);
+	return err;
+}
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 9ea179f..081997a 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 int get_cmd_path(const char *prog_name, char *buf, size_t buf_len);
 int hex_to_bin(char ch);
 int hex2bin(void *dst, const char *src, size_t count);
+int bin2file(const char *file, const char *ext, const unsigned char *data, int len);
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
index 9ecc984..c40735d 100644
--- a/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@
 *.key
 *.conf
 
+# Compiled version of apitest
+sign_verify_apitest
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index ff928e1..74f6125 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ distclean: distclean-keys
 .PHONY: distclean-keys
 distclean-keys:
 	./gen-keys.sh clean
+
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects
+bin_PROGRAMS = sign_verify_apitest
+sign_verify_apitest_SOURCES = sign_verify.apitest.c ../src/utils.c
+sign_verify_apitest_LDFLAGS = -limaevm -L../src/.libs
diff --git a/tests/sign_verify.apitest.c b/tests/sign_verify.apitest.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20e2160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sign_verify.apitest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * sign_verify.apitest: Test program for verifying sign_hash
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Patrick Uiterwijk <patrick@puiterwijk.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2013,2014 Samsung Electronics
+ * Copyright (C) 2011,2012,2013 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 Nokia Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <attr/xattr.h>
+
+#include "../src/imaevm.h"
+#include "../src/utils.h"
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+	unsigned char hash[MAX_DIGEST_SIZE];
+	unsigned char sig[MAX_SIGNATURE_SIZE];
+	int len, err;
+    char *file = argv[1];
+    char *key = argv[2];
+    char *algo = argv[3];
+    char *digest = argv[4];
+
+    len = strlen(digest) / 2;
+    if (hex2bin(hash, digest, len) != 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error during hex2bin\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    len = sign_hash(algo, hash, len, key, NULL, sig + 1);
+	if (len <= 1) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error signing\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+	/* add header */
+	len++;
+	sig[0] = EVM_IMA_XATTR_DIGSIG;
+
+    bin2file(file, "sig", sig, len);
+
+    err = lsetxattr(file, "user.ima", sig, len, 0);
+    if (err < 0) {
+        log_err("setxattr failed: %s\n", file);
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/sign_verify.test b/tests/sign_verify.test
index 288e133..e909d01 100755
--- a/tests/sign_verify.test
+++ b/tests/sign_verify.test
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ _keyid_from_cert() {
 
 # Convert test $type into evmctl op prefix
 _op() {
-  if [ "$1" = ima ]; then
+  if [ "$1" = ima -o "$1" = ima_api ]; then
     echo ima_
   fi
 }
 
 # Convert test $type into xattr name
 _xattr() {
-  if [ "$1" = ima ]; then
+  if [ "$1" = ima -o "$1" = ima_api ]; then
     echo user.ima
   else
     echo user.evm
@@ -112,11 +112,13 @@ _evmctl_sign() {
   [ "$type" = ima ] && opts+=" --sigfile"
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-  ADD_TEXT_FOR="$alg ($key)" ADD_DEL=$file \
+  [ "$type" = ima -o "$type" = evm ] && (ADD_TEXT_FOR="$alg ($key)" ADD_DEL=$file \
     _evmctl_run "$(_op "$type")sign" $opts \
-    --hashalgo "$alg" --key "$key" --xattr-user "$file" || return
+    --hashalgo "$alg" --key "$key" --xattr-user "$file" || return)
+  [ "$type" = ima_api ] && ADD_TEXT_FOR="$alg ($key)" ADD_DEL=$file \
+    ./sign_verify_apitest "$file" "$key" "$alg" "$(openssl dgst $OPENSSL_ENGINE -$ALG -hex -r $FILE | awk '{print $1}')"
 
-  if [ "$type" = ima ]; then
+  if [ "$type" = ima -o "$type" = ima_api ]; then
     _test_sigfile "$file" "$(_xattr "$type")" "$file.sig" "$file.sig2"
   fi
 }
@@ -124,12 +126,14 @@ _evmctl_sign() {
 # Run and test {ima_,}sign operation
 check_sign() {
   # Arguments are passed via global vars:
-  # TYPE (ima or evm),
+  # TYPE (ima, ima_api or evm),
   # KEY,
   # ALG (hash algo),
   # PREFIX (signature header prefix in hex),
   # OPTS (additional options for evmctl),
   # FILE (working file to sign).
+  [ "$TYPE" = ima_api ] && [[ "$OPTS" =~ --rsa ]] && return "$SKIP"
+
   local "$@"
   local KEY=${KEY%.*}.key
   local FILE=${FILE:-$ALG.txt}
@@ -267,6 +271,20 @@ sign_verify() {
     # Multiple files and some don't verify
     expect_fail check_verify FILE="/dev/null $file"
 
+    setfattr -x user.ima "$FILE"
+    rm "$FILE.sig"
+  fi
+
+  TYPE=ima_api
+  if expect_pass check_sign; then
+
+    # Normal verify with proper key should pass
+    expect_pass check_verify
+    expect_pass check_verify OPTS="--sigfile"
+
+    # Multiple files and some don't verify
+    expect_fail check_verify FILE="/dev/null $file"
+
     rm "$FILE.sig"
   fi
 
