diff --git a/runtime-components/non-repudiation-app/BUILD.bazel b/runtime-components/non-repudiation-app/BUILD.bazel
index f1ba3667a0c6..bcdd7edbf06f 100644
--- a/runtime-components/non-repudiation-app/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/runtime-components/non-repudiation-app/BUILD.bazel
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 load(
     "//bazel_tools:scala.bzl",
     "da_scala_binary",
+    "da_scala_test",
 )
 
 da_scala_binary(
@@ -35,3 +36,14 @@ da_scala_binary(
         "@maven//:io_grpc_grpc_netty",
     ],
 )
+
+da_scala_test(
+    name = "test",
+    srcs = glob(["src/test/scala/**/*.scala"]),
+    scala_deps = [
+        "@maven//:com_github_scopt_scopt",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        ":non-repudiation-app",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/runtime-components/non-repudiation-app/src/test/scala/com/daml/nonrepudiation/app/OptionParserSpec.scala b/runtime-components/non-repudiation-app/src/test/scala/com/daml/nonrepudiation/app/OptionParserSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8b0361708937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime-components/non-repudiation-app/src/test/scala/com/daml/nonrepudiation/app/OptionParserSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2021 Digital Asset (Switzerland) GmbH and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package com.daml.nonrepudiation.app
+
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress
+
+import org.scalatest.OptionValues
+import org.scalatest.flatspec.AnyFlatSpec
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+
+final class OptionParserSpec extends AnyFlatSpec with Matchers with OptionValues {
+
+  behavior of "OptionParser"
+
+  it should "parse the expected options" in {
+
+    val options = Array(
+      "--ledger-host",
+      "168.10.67.4",
+      "--ledger-port",
+      "7890",
+      "--proxy-host",
+      "168.10.67.5",
+      "--proxy-port",
+      "7891",
+      "--api-host",
+      "168.10.67.6",
+      "--api-port",
+      "7892",
+      "--jdbc",
+      "url=jdbc:postgresql:nr,user=psql,password=secret",
+      "--database-max-pool-size",
+      "30",
+    )
+
+    val expectedConfiguration =
+      Configuration(
+        participantAddress = new InetSocketAddress("168.10.67.4", 7890),
+        proxyAddress = new InetSocketAddress("168.10.67.5", 7891),
+        apiAddress = new InetSocketAddress("168.10.67.6", 7892),
+        apiShutdownTimeout = Configuration.Default.apiShutdownTimeout,
+        databaseJdbcUrl = "jdbc:postgresql:nr",
+        databaseJdbcUsername = "psql",
+        databaseJdbcPassword = "secret",
+        databaseMaxPoolSize = 30,
+        metricsReportingPeriod = Configuration.Default.metricsReportingPeriod,
+      )
+
+    OptionParser.parse(options, Configuration.Default).value shouldBe expectedConfiguration
+
+  }
+
+}