diff --git a/.cproject b/.cproject
index ef291326f..e6e040b97 100644
--- a/.cproject
+++ b/.cproject
@@ -2100,6 +2100,14 @@
 				<useDefaultCommand>true</useDefaultCommand>
 				<runAllBuilders>true</runAllBuilders>
 			</target>
+			<target name="testVerticalBlockMatrix.run" path="build/gtsam/base" targetID="org.eclipse.cdt.build.MakeTargetBuilder">
+				<buildCommand>make</buildCommand>
+				<buildArguments>-j5</buildArguments>
+				<buildTarget>testVerticalBlockMatrix.run</buildTarget>
+				<stopOnError>true</stopOnError>
+				<useDefaultCommand>true</useDefaultCommand>
+				<runAllBuilders>true</runAllBuilders>
+			</target>
 			<target name="testVectorValues.run" path="build/gtsam/linear" targetID="org.eclipse.cdt.build.MakeTargetBuilder">
 				<buildCommand>make</buildCommand>
 				<buildArguments>-j5</buildArguments>
diff --git a/gtsam/base/tests/testVerticalBlockMatrix.cpp b/gtsam/base/tests/testVerticalBlockMatrix.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fad23fa7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gtsam/base/tests/testVerticalBlockMatrix.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ * GTSAM Copyright 2010, Georgia Tech Research Corporation,
+ * Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0415
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ * Authors: Frank Dellaert, et al. (see THANKS for the full author list)
+
+ * See LICENSE for the license information
+
+ * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/**
+ * @file   testVerticalBlockMatrix.cpp
+ * @brief  Unit tests for VerticalBlockMatrix class
+ * @author Frank Dellaert
+ * @date   February 15, 2014
+ **/
+
+#include <CppUnitLite/TestHarness.h>
+#include <gtsam/base/VerticalBlockMatrix.h>
+#include <boost/assign/list_of.hpp>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace gtsam;
+using boost::assign::list_of;
+
+//*****************************************************************************
+TEST(VerticalBlockMatrix, constructor) {
+  VerticalBlockMatrix actual(list_of(3)(2)(1),
+      (Matrix(6, 6) << 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, //
+      2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, //
+      3, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18, //
+      4, 10, 16, 22, 23, 24, //
+      5, 11, 17, 23, 29, 30, //
+      6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36));
+  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(6,actual.rows());
+  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(6,actual.cols());
+  EXPECT_LONGS_EQUAL(3,actual.nBlocks());
+}
+
+//*****************************************************************************
+int main() {
+  TestResult tr;
+  return TestRegistry::runAllTests(tr);
+}
+//*****************************************************************************
+