diff --git a/pt/Makefile b/pt/Makefile
index c83ec5f9..e833399d 100644
--- a/pt/Makefile
+++ b/pt/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 CC       ?= "${CC}" -g -Wall
 CFLAGS += -DMAINLINE -I./
-BIN	 = cpl branch psb nonroot_test negative_test
+BIN	 = cpl branch psb nonroot_test negative_test sort_test
 LFLAGS	= -L./ -lipt
 
 
@@ -25,5 +25,8 @@ nonroot_test:
 negative_test:
 	$(CC)	-o  $@ $@.c utils.c ${CFLAGS} ${LFLAGS}
 
+sort_test:
+	$(CC)	-o  $@ $@.c utils.c ${CFLAGS} ${LFLAGS}
+
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BIN) *.o
diff --git a/pt/sort_test.c b/pt/sort_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..962e0dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pt/sort_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+
+#define ARRAY_LEN 3000
+
+size_t partition(int *a, size_t low, size_t high); // Move the declaration of the partition function here
+
+static inline void start(struct timeval *tm)
+{
+  gettimeofday(tm, NULL);
+}
+
+void swap(int *a, int *b)
+{
+  int temp = *a;
+  *a = *b;
+  *b = temp;
+}
+
+static inline void stop(struct timeval *tm1, struct timeval *tm2)
+{
+  unsigned long long t = 1000 * (tm2->tv_sec - tm1->tv_sec) +
+                         (tm2->tv_usec - tm1->tv_usec) / 1000;
+  printf("%llu ms\n", t);
+}
+
+size_t partition(int *a, size_t low, size_t high)
+{
+  int pivot = a[high];
+  size_t i = low - 1;
+
+  for (size_t j = low; j <= high - 1; j++)
+  {
+    if (a[j] < pivot)
+    {
+      i++;
+      swap(&a[i], &a[j]);
+    }
+  }
+  swap(&a[i + 1], &a[high]);
+  return (i + 1);
+}
+
+void quick_sort(int *a, size_t low, size_t high)
+{
+  if (low < high)
+  {
+    size_t pivot = partition(a, low, high);
+    quick_sort(a, low, pivot - 1);
+    quick_sort(a, pivot + 1, high);
+  }
+}
+
+void sort_array()
+{
+  printf("Quick sorting array of %zu elements\n", ARRAY_LEN);
+  int data[ARRAY_LEN];
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < ARRAY_LEN; ++i)
+  {
+    data[i] = rand();
+  }
+  quick_sort(data, 0, ARRAY_LEN - 1);
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  struct timeval tm1, tm2;
+  start(&tm1);
+  sort_array();
+  gettimeofday(&tm2, NULL);
+  stop(&tm1, &tm2);
+  return 0;
+}