diff --git a/test/material/components/CMakeLists.txt b/test/material/components/CMakeLists.txt
index a2fa8428da76f8ee4adaf4d7be60d00e2ac11580..a5228e4746d76ae6ed30af0a4209353359566cfd 100644
--- a/test/material/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/material/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ dumux_add_test(NAME plot_o2
               CMD_ARGS "O2"
               LABELS unit material)
 
+dumux_add_test(NAME plot_simpleco2
+              TARGET plot_component
+              COMMAND ./plot_component
+              CMD_ARGS "SimpleCO2"
+              LABELS unit material)
+
 dumux_add_test(NAME plot_simpleh2o
               TARGET plot_component
               COMMAND ./plot_component
diff --git a/test/material/components/plotproperties.cc b/test/material/components/plotproperties.cc
index 71f79bb74969157297d87dca524056ab1ac9f6b0..bfbf8b0870fa7e32f2010284ec42917705c65c33 100644
--- a/test/material/components/plotproperties.cc
+++ b/test/material/components/plotproperties.cc
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #include <dumux/material/components/n2.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/nacl.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/o2.hh>
+#include <dumux/material/components/simpleco2.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/simpleh2o.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/sodiumion.hh>
 #include <dumux/material/components/trichloroethene.hh>
@@ -377,6 +378,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         plotStuff< Components::NaCl<double> >(openPlotWindow);
     else if (compName == "O2")
         plotStuff< Components::O2<double> >(openPlotWindow);
+    else if (compName == "SimpleCO2")
+        plotStuff< Components::SimpleCO2<double>  >(openPlotWindow);
     else if (compName == "SimpleH2O")
         plotStuff< Components::SimpleH2O<double>  >(openPlotWindow);
     else if (compName == "SodiumIon")