diff --git a/test/test_init_parallel_stencil.jl b/test/test_init_parallel_stencil.jl
index c4d51706..5fdfc91c 100644
--- a/test/test_init_parallel_stencil.jl
+++ b/test/test_init_parallel_stencil.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 using Test
 using ParallelStencil
-import ParallelStencil: @reset_parallel_stencil, @is_initialized, @get_package, @get_numbertype, @get_ndims, @get_inbounds, @get_memopt, SUPPORTED_PACKAGES, PKG_CUDA, PKG_AMDGPU, PKG_NONE, NUMBERTYPE_NONE, NDIMS_NONE
+import ParallelStencil: @reset_parallel_stencil, @is_initialized, @get_package, @get_numbertype, @get_ndims, @get_inbounds, @get_padding, @get_memopt, SUPPORTED_PACKAGES, PKG_CUDA, PKG_AMDGPU, PKG_NONE, NUMBERTYPE_NONE, NDIMS_NONE
 import ParallelStencil: @require, @symbols
-import ParallelStencil: extract_posargs_init, extract_kwargs_init, check_already_initialized, set_initialized, is_initialized, check_initialized, set_package, set_numbertype, set_ndims, set_inbounds, set_memopt
+import ParallelStencil: extract_posargs_init, extract_kwargs_init, check_already_initialized, set_initialized, is_initialized, check_initialized, set_package, set_numbertype, set_ndims, set_inbounds, set_padding, set_memopt
 using ParallelStencil.Exceptions
 TEST_PACKAGES = SUPPORTED_PACKAGES
 @static if PKG_CUDA in TEST_PACKAGES
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Base.retry_load_extensions() # Potentially needed to load the extensions after t
                 @test @get_ndims() == 3
                 @test @get_memopt() == false
                 @test @get_inbounds() == false
+                @test @get_padding() == false
             end;
             @testset "Data" begin
                 @test @isdefined(Data)
@@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ Base.retry_load_extensions() # Potentially needed to load the extensions after t
             end;
             @reset_parallel_stencil()
         end;
-        @testset "2. initialization of ParallelStencil without numbertype and ndims, with memopt, with inbounds" begin
+        @testset "2. initialization of ParallelStencil without numbertype and ndims, with memopt, inbounds and padding" begin
             @require !@is_initialized()
-            @init_parallel_stencil(package = $package, inbounds = true, memopt = true)
+            @init_parallel_stencil(package = $package, inbounds = true, padding = true, memopt = true)
             @testset "initialized" begin
                 @test @is_initialized()
                 @test @get_package() == $package
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ Base.retry_load_extensions() # Potentially needed to load the extensions after t
                 @test @get_ndims() == NDIMS_NONE
                 @test @get_memopt() == true
                 @test @get_inbounds() == true
+                @test @get_padding() == true
             end;
             @testset "Data" begin
                 @test @isdefined(Data)
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ Base.retry_load_extensions() # Potentially needed to load the extensions after t
                 set_ndims(@__MODULE__, 3)
                 set_memopt(@__MODULE__, false)
                 set_inbounds(@__MODULE__, false)
+                set_padding(@__MODULE__, false)
                 @require is_initialized(@__MODULE__)
                 @test_throws IncoherentCallError check_already_initialized(@__MODULE__, :Threads, Float64, 3, false, false)
                 @test_throws IncoherentCallError check_already_initialized(@__MODULE__, :CUDA, Float32, 3, false, false)