diff --git a/test/ratectrl_test.cc b/test/ratectrl_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dfc947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ratectrl_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Alliance for Open Media. All rights reserved
+ *
+ * This source code is subject to the terms of the BSD 2 Clause License and
+ * the Alliance for Open Media Patent License 1.0. If the BSD 2 Clause License
+ * was not distributed with this source code in the LICENSE file, you can
+ * obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/software. If the Alliance for Open
+ * Media Patent License 1.0 was not distributed with this source code in the
+ * PATENTS file, you can obtain it at www.aomedia.org/license/patent.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "av1/encoder/firstpass.h"
+#include "av1/encoder/ratectrl.h"
+#include "third_party/googletest/src/googletest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace {
+
+TEST(RatectrlTest, QModeGetQIndexTest) {
+  int base_q_index = 36;
+  int gf_update_type = INTNL_ARF_UPDATE;
+  int gf_pyramid_level = 1;
+  int arf_q = 100;
+  int q_index = av1_q_mode_get_q_index(base_q_index, gf_update_type,
+                                       gf_pyramid_level, arf_q);
+  EXPECT_EQ(q_index, arf_q);
+
+  gf_update_type = INTNL_ARF_UPDATE;
+  gf_pyramid_level = 3;
+  q_index = av1_q_mode_get_q_index(base_q_index, gf_update_type,
+                                   gf_pyramid_level, arf_q);
+  EXPECT_LT(q_index, arf_q);
+
+  gf_update_type = LF_UPDATE;
+  q_index = av1_q_mode_get_q_index(base_q_index, gf_update_type,
+                                   gf_pyramid_level, arf_q);
+  EXPECT_EQ(q_index, base_q_index);
+}
+
+TEST(RatectrlTest, QModeComputeGOPQIndicesTest) {
+  int base_q_index = 36;
+  int gfu_boost = 500;
+  int bit_depth = AOM_BITS_8;
+  double arf_boost_factor = 0.20;
+
+  int gf_frame_index = 0;
+  GF_GROUP gf_group = {};
+  gf_group.size = 5;
+  int layer_depth[5] = { 1, 3, 2, 3, 1 };
+  int update_type[5] = { KF_UPDATE, INTNL_ARF_UPDATE, INTNL_OVERLAY_UPDATE,
+                         INTNL_ARF_UPDATE, ARF_UPDATE };
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < gf_group.size; i++) {
+    gf_group.layer_depth[i] = layer_depth[i];
+    gf_group.update_type[i] = update_type[i];
+  }
+
+  av1_q_mode_compute_gop_q_indices(gf_frame_index, base_q_index, gfu_boost,
+                                   bit_depth, arf_boost_factor, &gf_group);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < gf_group.size; i++) {
+    EXPECT_LE(gf_group.q_val[i], base_q_index);
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace
diff --git a/test/test.cmake b/test/test.cmake
index 35c0d28..e61e871 100644
--- a/test/test.cmake
+++ b/test/test.cmake
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
                 "${AOM_ROOT}/test/kf_test.cc"
                 "${AOM_ROOT}/test/lossless_test.cc"
                 "${AOM_ROOT}/test/quant_test.cc"
+                "${AOM_ROOT}/test/ratectrl_test.cc"
                 "${AOM_ROOT}/test/rd_test.cc"
                 "${AOM_ROOT}/test/sb_multipass_test.cc"
                 "${AOM_ROOT}/test/screen_content_test.cc"