diff --git a/unittests/tmtcpacket/CMakeLists.txt b/unittests/tmtcpacket/CMakeLists.txt
index dd0100a6..5b53328f 100644
--- a/unittests/tmtcpacket/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unittests/tmtcpacket/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ target_sources(${FSFW_TEST_TGT} PRIVATE
   testPusTmCreator.cpp
   testPusTmReader.cpp
   testCcsds.cpp
+  testZcTmWriter.cpp
 )
diff --git a/unittests/tmtcpacket/testZcTmWriter.cpp b/unittests/tmtcpacket/testZcTmWriter.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..366697d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/tmtcpacket/testZcTmWriter.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include <catch2/catch_test_macros.hpp>
+
+#include "fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm.h"
+#include "fsfw/tmtcpacket/pus/tm/PusTmZcWriter.h"
+#include "mocks/CdsShortTimestamperMock.h"
+
+TEST_CASE("TM ZC Helper", "[tm-zc-helper]") {
+  auto packetId = PacketId(ccsds::PacketType::TC, true, 0xef);
+  auto spParams =
+      SpacePacketParams(packetId, PacketSeqCtrl(ccsds::SequenceFlags::UNSEGMENTED, 22), 0x00);
+  auto timeStamper = CdsShortTimestamperMock();
+  auto pusTmParams = PusTmParams(17, 2, &timeStamper);
+  timeStamper.valueToStamp = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7};
+  PusTmCreator creator(spParams, pusTmParams);
+  std::array<uint8_t, 32> buf{};
+  uint8_t* dataPtr = buf.data();
+  size_t serLen = 0;
+
+  SECTION("Basic") {
+    REQUIRE(creator.serialize(dataPtr, serLen, buf.size()) == result::OK);
+    PusTmZeroCopyWriter()
+  }
+}
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