diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index cd82b5c4e..87ec28bb9 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 	to path when this options is turned on/off; (parse_style_frame):
 	save archive option as an integer; (setup_html_frame): set the
 	state for archive option.
+	* test/det_ancestor_report.sh: Add thorough test for the Detailed
+	Ancestor Report.
 
 2005-12-08  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/Merge.py: fix date comparison
diff --git a/gramps2/test/det_ancestor_report.sh b/gramps2/test/det_ancestor_report.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c85ed6e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gramps2/test/det_ancestor_report.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Report test for GRAMPS: Generate det_ancesto_report testing
+# different option combinations.
+
+# $Id$
+
+TOP_DIR=`dirname $PWD`
+TEST_DIR=$TOP_DIR/test
+SRC_DIR=$TOP_DIR/src
+PRG="python gramps.py"
+EXAMPLE_XML=$TOP_DIR/example/gramps/example.gramps
+
+REP_DIR=$TEST_DIR/reports/det_ancestor_report
+mkdir -p $REP_DIR
+
+DATA_DIR=$TEST_DIR/data
+mkdir -p $DATA_DIR
+if [ -f $DATA_DIR/example.grdb ]; then
+    rm $DATA_DIR/example.grdb
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "+--------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "| Import XML, write GRDB"
+echo "+--------------------------------------------------------------"
+OPTS="-i $EXAMPLE_XML -o $DATA_DIR/example.grdb"
+(cd $SRC_DIR; $PRG $OPTS)
+
+OPTS="-O $DATA_DIR/example.grdb"
+
+REP="det_ancestor_report"
+FMT="txt"
+
+# Single run with all textual reports in all formats
+echo ""
+echo "+--------------------------------------------------------------"
+echo "| Text Report: "$REP
+echo "| Text Format: "$FMT
+echo "+--------------------------------------------------------------"
+for desref in {0,1}; do
+for incphotos in {0,1}; do
+for omitda in {0,1}; do
+for incsources in {0,1}; do
+for usenick in {0,1}; do
+for fulldates in {0,1}; do
+for incnotes in {0,1}; do
+for repplace in {0,1}; do
+for repdate in {0,1}; do
+for computeage in {0,1}; do
+for incnames in {0,1}; do
+for incevents in {0,1}; do
+for listc in {0,1}; do
+    output="$desref$incphotos$omitda$incsources$usenick$fulldates$incnotes$repplace$repdate$computeage$incnames$incevents$listc"
+    action="-a report -p name=$TEXT_REP,id=I44,off=$FMT,of=$REP/$output.$FMT,desref=$desref,incphotos=$incphotos,omitda=$omitda,incources=$incsources,usenick=$usenick,fulldates=$fulldates,incnotes=$incnotes,repplace=$repplace,repdate=$repdate,computeage=$computeage,incnames=$incnames,incevents=$incevents,listc=$listc"
+    (cd $SRC_DIR; $PRG $OPTS $action)
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done
+done