diff --git a/bindings/src/ffi_test_utils.rs b/bindings/src/ffi_test_utils.rs
index fa4e7d4523f..d5e4a8241e3 100644
--- a/bindings/src/ffi_test_utils.rs
+++ b/bindings/src/ffi_test_utils.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 use crate::error::FFIResult;
+use lightning::util::events::Event;
+use lightning::chain::transaction::OutPoint;
+use bitcoin::hash_types::Txid;
+use hex;
+use crate::adaptors::primitives::FFIEvents;
+use crate::utils::into_fixed_buffer;
+use crate::Out;
+use lightning::ln::channelmanager::{PaymentHash, PaymentSecret, PaymentPreimage};
+use bitcoin_hashes::core::time::Duration;
+use lightning::chain::keysinterface::SpendableOutputDescriptor;
+use bitcoin::TxOut;
 
-// These tests should be used for asserting that the wrapper code can see the expected
-// error messages when it fails (or succeeds).
+// These tests should be used for asserting that the wrapper can receive expected items from rust.
 ffi! {
     fn ffi_test_error() -> FFIResult {
         use std::io;
@@ -12,5 +22,48 @@ ffi! {
     fn ffi_test_ok() -> FFIResult {
         FFIResult::ok()
     }
-}
 
+    fn test_event_serialization(buf_out: Out<u8>, buf_len: usize, actual_len: Out<usize>) -> FFIResult {
+        let mut events =  Vec::with_capacity(5);
+
+        let txid = bitcoin::consensus::deserialize(&hex::decode("4141414141414141414141414141414141414141414141414141414141414141").unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let funding_txo= OutPoint::new(txid, 0);
+        let user_channel_id = 1111;
+        events.push(Event::FundingBroadcastSafe {funding_txo, user_channel_id} );
+
+        let payment_hash = PaymentHash([2;32]);
+        let payment_secret = Some(PaymentSecret([3; 32]));
+        let amt = 50000;
+        events.push(Event::PaymentReceived {payment_secret, payment_hash, amt});
+
+
+        let payment_preimage = PaymentPreimage([4;32]);
+        events.push(Event::PaymentSent {payment_preimage});
+
+        let payment_hash = PaymentHash([5;32]);
+        let rejected_by_dest = true;
+        events.push(Event::PaymentFailed {payment_hash, rejected_by_dest});
+
+        let time_forwardable = Duration::from_millis(100);
+        events.push(Event::PendingHTLCsForwardable {time_forwardable});
+
+        let outpoint = bitcoin::blockdata::transaction::OutPoint::new(txid, 0);
+        let output = TxOut {value: 255, script_pubkey: bitcoin::blockdata::script::Script::new() };
+        let static_output = SpendableOutputDescriptor::StaticOutput {outpoint, output: output.clone()};
+
+        let key = bitcoin::secp256k1::key::SecretKey::from_slice(&hex::decode("0101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101").unwrap()).unwrap();
+        let dynamic_output_p2wsh = SpendableOutputDescriptor::DynamicOutputP2WSH {
+            outpoint,
+            key,
+            witness_script: bitcoin::blockdata::script::Script::new(),
+            to_self_delay: 144,
+            output
+        };
+        let outputs = vec![static_output, dynamic_output_p2wsh];
+        events.push(Event::SpendableOutputs {outputs});
+
+        let mut e = FFIEvents{ events };
+        let buf = unsafe_block!("The buffer lives as long as this function, the length is within the buffer and the buffer won't be read before initialization" => buf_out.as_uninit_bytes_mut(buf_len));
+        into_fixed_buffer(&mut e, buf, &mut actual_len)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bindings/src/test_utils.rs b/bindings/src/test_utils.rs
index f9c40c6bc56..3e986508f0f 100644
--- a/bindings/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/bindings/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+macro_rules! assert_match {
+    ($bind:pat = $bind_from:expr) => {
+        assert_match!($bind = $bind_from => ())
+    };
+    ($bind:pat = $bind_from:expr => $with:expr) => {
+        match $bind_from {
+            $bind => $with,
+            _ => panic!("assertion failed: unexpected value `{:?}`", $bind_from),
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 pub mod static_assert {
     use std::panic::UnwindSafe;