diff --git a/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_group.cc b/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_group.cc
index 3de33f8..665c7f4 100644
--- a/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_group.cc
+++ b/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_group.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <mtapi_cpp_test_config.h>
 #include <mtapi_cpp_test_group.h>
 
+#include <embb/base/c/memory_allocation.h>
+
 struct result_example_struct {
   mtapi_uint_t value1;
   mtapi_uint_t value2;
@@ -81,5 +83,6 @@ void GroupTest::TestBasic() {
 
   embb::mtapi::Node::Finalize();
 
+  PT_EXPECT(embb_get_bytes_allocated() == 0);
   //std::cout << "...done" << std::endl << std::endl;
 }
diff --git a/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_queue.cc b/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_queue.cc
index 1476068..7948580 100644
--- a/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_queue.cc
+++ b/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_queue.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include <mtapi_cpp_test_config.h>
 #include <mtapi_cpp_test_queue.h>
 
+#include <embb/base/c/memory_allocation.h>
+
 #define JOB_TEST_TASK 42
 #define TASK_TEST_ID 23
 #define QUEUE_TEST_ID 17
@@ -63,5 +65,6 @@ void QueueTest::TestBasic() {
 
   embb::mtapi::Node::Finalize();
 
+  PT_EXPECT(embb_get_bytes_allocated() == 0);
   //std::cout << "...done" << std::endl << std::endl;
 }
diff --git a/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_task.cc b/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_task.cc
index 58f1722..55a72bd 100644
--- a/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_task.cc
+++ b/mtapi_cpp/test/mtapi_cpp_test_task.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <mtapi_cpp_test_config.h>
 #include <mtapi_cpp_test_task.h>
 
+#include <embb/base/c/memory_allocation.h>
+
 #define JOB_TEST_TASK 42
 #define TASK_TEST_ID 23
 
@@ -117,5 +119,6 @@ void TaskTest::TestBasic() {
 
   embb::mtapi::Node::Finalize();
 
+  PT_EXPECT(embb_get_bytes_allocated() == 0);
   //std::cout << "...done" << std::endl << std::endl;
 }