diff --git a/tests/test_meta_item.rs b/tests/test_meta_item.rs
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+++ b/tests/test_meta_item.rs
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+extern crate syn;
+use syn::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_meta_item_word() {
+    run_test("#[foo]", MetaItem::Word)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_meta_item_name_value() {
+    run_test("#[foo = 5]", MetaItem::NameValue(Lit::Int(5, IntTy::Unsuffixed)))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_meta_item_list_lit() {
+    run_test("#[foo(5)]", MetaItem::List(vec![NestedMetaItem::Literal(Lit::Int(5, IntTy::Unsuffixed))]))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_meta_item_list_word() {
+    run_test("#[foo(bar)]", MetaItem::List(vec![NestedMetaItem::MetaItem(Ident::from("bar"), MetaItem::Word)]))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_meta_item_list_name_value() {
+    run_test("#[foo(bar = 5)]", MetaItem::List(vec![NestedMetaItem::MetaItem(Ident::from("bar"), MetaItem::NameValue(Lit::Int(5, IntTy::Unsuffixed)))]))
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_meta_item_multiple() {
+    run_test("#[foo(word, name = 5, list(name2 = 6), word2)]", MetaItem::List(vec![
+        NestedMetaItem::MetaItem(Ident::from("word"), MetaItem::Word),
+        NestedMetaItem::MetaItem(Ident::from("name"), MetaItem::NameValue(Lit::Int(5, IntTy::Unsuffixed))),
+        NestedMetaItem::MetaItem(Ident::from("list"), MetaItem::List(vec![
+            NestedMetaItem::MetaItem(Ident::from("name2"), MetaItem::NameValue(Lit::Int(6, IntTy::Unsuffixed)))
+        ])),
+        NestedMetaItem::MetaItem(Ident::from("word2"), MetaItem::Word),
+    ]))
+}
+
+fn run_test(input: &str, expected: MetaItem) {
+    let attr = parse_outer_attr(input).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(expected, attr.meta_item().unwrap());
+}