diff --git a/.github/filters.yml b/.github/filters.yml
index 73f120d4..40dce47b 100644
--- a/.github/filters.yml
+++ b/.github/filters.yml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ ucsc_bedgraphtobigwig:
 
 bedtools_complement:
   - software/bedtools/complement/**
-  - tests/software/bedtools/**
+  - tests/software/bedtools/complement**
 
 bedtools_genomecov:
   - software/bedtools/genomecov/**
diff --git a/tests/software/bedtools/complement/main.nf b/tests/software/bedtools/complement/main.nf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42f8a5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/software/bedtools/complement/main.nf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
+
+nextflow.enable.dsl = 2
+
+include { BEDTOOLS_COMPLEMENT } from '../../../../software/bedtools/complement/main.nf' addParams( options: [:] )
+
+
+workflow test_bedtools_complement {
+    def input = []
+    input = [ [ id:'test'],
+              file("${launchDir}/tests/data/bed/A.bed", checkIfExists: true),
+              file("${launchDir}/tests/data/bed/genome.sizes", checkIfExists: true) ] //metamap
+
+    BEDTOOLS_COMPLEMENT( input )
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/software/bedtools/complement/test.yml b/tests/software/bedtools/complement/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2062646b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/software/bedtools/complement/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+- name: bedtools complement
+  command: nextflow run ./tests/software/bedtools/complement -entry test_bedtools_complement -c tests/config/nextflow.config
+  tags:
+    - bedtools
+    - bedtools_complement
+
+    files:
+    - path: output/bedtools/test.complement.bed
+      md5sum: 55a43973abb1a08ac57290ff44f6c502
+      should_exist: true