diff --git a/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_format_version b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_format_version
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fast/Unit tests/nvm_format_version	
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+die () { echo $@ ; exit 1; }
+
+. ../../../nvm.sh
+
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_format_version 0.1.2)"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="v0.1.2"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm_format_version 0.1.2 did not return $EXPECTED_OUTPUT; got $OUTPUT"
+
+OUTPUT="$(nvm_format_version 0.1)"
+EXPECTED_OUTPUT="v0.1.0"
+[ "_$OUTPUT" = "_$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ] || die "nvm_format_version 0.1.0 did not return $EXPECTED_OUTPUT; got $OUTPUT"
+