diff --git a/agg-t/user/10-add_column.t b/agg-t/user/10-add_column.t
index 1f1a073..538123f 100644
--- a/agg-t/user/10-add_column.t
+++ b/agg-t/user/10-add_column.t
@@ -258,6 +258,24 @@ fixtures_ok 'basic', 'installed the basic fixtures from configuration files';
   } "value returned by 'title' method is undef";
 }
 
-#FIXME other methods/options (trigger, ...)
+# tests for the trigger method
+
+{
+  my $artist1 = Schema->resultset('Artist')->find({ artist_id => 1 });
+
+  $artist1->is_active(0);
+
+  lives_ok {
+    $artist1->last_album('Foo Bar');
+  } "setting the attribute with the trigger does not throw";
+
+  cmp_deeply(
+    $artist1->is_active,
+    1,
+    "the trigger set the 'is_active' attribute"
+  );
+}
+
+#FIXME other methods/options
 
 done_testing;
diff --git a/t/lib/TestSchema/Result/Artist.pm b/t/lib/TestSchema/Result/Artist.pm
index d3b919f..f073a9c 100644
--- a/t/lib/TestSchema/Result/Artist.pm
+++ b/t/lib/TestSchema/Result/Artist.pm
@@ -113,6 +113,20 @@ has favourite_color => (
   },
 );
 
+# used for testing the trigger method
+has last_album => (
+  isa         => 'Maybe[Str]',
+  is          => 'rw',
+  add_column  => {
+    is_nullable => 1,
+  },
+  trigger     => sub {
+    my ($self, $new_value, $old_value) = (shift, @_);
+
+    $self->is_active(1);
+  },
+);
+
 sub _build_initials
 {
   my ($self) = (shift, @_);