diff --git a/ruma-api/Cargo.toml b/ruma-api/Cargo.toml
index fd02984c..29b7c425 100644
--- a/ruma-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ruma-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ strum = "0.18.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ruma-events = { version = "0.21.3", path = "../ruma-events" }
+trybuild = "1.0.30"
diff --git a/ruma-api/tests/ruma_api.rs b/ruma-api/tests/ruma_api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f56f5a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruma-api/tests/ruma_api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#[test]
+fn ui() {
+    let t = trybuild::TestCases::new();
+    t.pass("tests/ui/01-api-sanity-check.rs");
+}
diff --git a/ruma-api/tests/ui/01-api-sanity-check.rs b/ruma-api/tests/ui/01-api-sanity-check.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29ffcdaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruma-api/tests/ui/01-api-sanity-check.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+use ruma_api::ruma_api;
+use ruma_events::{tag::TagEvent, AnyRoomEvent, EventJson};
+
+ruma_api! {
+    metadata: {
+        description: "Does something.",
+        method: POST, // An `http::Method` constant. No imports required.
+        name: "some_endpoint",
+        path: "/_matrix/some/endpoint/:baz",
+        rate_limited: false,
+        requires_authentication: false,
+    }
+
+    request: {
+        // With no attribute on the field, it will be put into the body of the request.
+        pub foo: String,
+
+        // This value will be put into the "Content-Type" HTTP header.
+        #[ruma_api(header = CONTENT_TYPE)]
+        pub content_type: String,
+
+        // This value will be put into the query string of the request's URL.
+        #[ruma_api(query)]
+        pub bar: String,
+
+        // This value will be inserted into the request's URL in place of the
+        // ":baz" path component.
+        #[ruma_api(path)]
+        pub baz: String,
+    }
+
+    response: {
+        // This value will be extracted from the "Content-Type" HTTP header.
+        #[ruma_api(header = CONTENT_TYPE)]
+        pub content_type: String,
+
+        // With no attribute on the field, it will be extracted from the body of the response.
+        pub value: String,
+
+        // You can use serde attributes on any kind of field
+        #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+        pub optional_flag: Option<bool>,
+
+        // Use `EventJson` instead of the actual event to allow additional fields to be sent...
+        pub event: EventJson<TagEvent>,
+
+        // ... and to allow unknown events when the endpoint deals with event collections.
+        pub list_of_events: Vec<EventJson<AnyRoomEvent>>,
+    }
+}
+
+fn main() {}