diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ed0144..da36165 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 tests/loggingrb/loggingrb_test
 tests/ringbuf/ringbuf_test
 tests/strrb/strrb_test
+tests/vty/vty_test
 
 utils/osmo-arfcn
 utils/osmo-auc-gen
diff --git a/src/vty/utils.c b/src/vty/utils.c
index e9c0d2d..88932fa 100644
--- a/src/vty/utils.c
+++ b/src/vty/utils.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 	if (!str)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ret = snprintf(str + offset, rem, prefix);
+	ret = snprintf(str + offset, rem, "%s", prefix);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err;
 	OSMO_SNPRINTF_RET(ret, rem, offset, len);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 	offset--;	/* to remove the trailing | */
 	rem++;
 
-	ret = snprintf(str + offset, rem, end);
+	ret = snprintf(str + offset, rem, "%s", end);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto err;
 	OSMO_SNPRINTF_RET(ret, rem, offset, len);
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index e5fc718..ecb2b6c 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
                  conv/conv_test auth/milenage_test lapd/lapd_test	\
                  gsm0808/gsm0808_test gsm0408/gsm0408_test		\
 		 gb/bssgp_fc_test logging/logging_test fr/fr_test	\
-		 loggingrb/loggingrb_test strrb/strrb_test
+		 loggingrb/loggingrb_test strrb/strrb_test              \
+		 vty/vty_test
 
 if ENABLE_MSGFILE
 check_PROGRAMS += msgfile/msgfile_test
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@
 strrb_strrb_test_SOURCES = strrb/strrb_test.c
 strrb_strrb_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/libosmocore.la
 
+vty_vty_test_SOURCES = vty/vty_test.c
+vty_vty_test_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/vty/libosmovty.la $(top_builddir)/src/libosmocore.la
+
 
 # The `:;' works around a Bash 3.2 bug when the output is not writeable.
 $(srcdir)/package.m4: $(top_srcdir)/configure.ac
@@ -91,7 +95,8 @@
              msgfile/msgfile_test.ok msgfile/msgconfig.cfg		\
              logging/logging_test.ok logging/logging_test.err		\
              fr/fr_test.ok loggingrb/logging_test.ok			\
-             loggingrb/logging_test.err	strrb/strrb_test.ok
+             loggingrb/logging_test.err	strrb/strrb_test.ok		\
+	     vty/vty_test.ok
 
 DISTCLEANFILES = atconfig
 
diff --git a/tests/testsuite.at b/tests/testsuite.at
index 684ec4f..1a6fa55 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite.at
+++ b/tests/testsuite.at
@@ -112,3 +112,9 @@
 cat $abs_srcdir/strrb/strrb_test.ok > expout
 AT_CHECK([$abs_top_builddir/tests/strrb/strrb_test], [0], [expout], [ignore])
 AT_CLEANUP
+
+AT_SETUP([vty])
+AT_KEYWORDS([vty])
+cat $abs_srcdir/vty/vty_test.ok > expout
+AT_CHECK([$abs_top_builddir/tests/vty/vty_test], [0], [expout], [ignore])
+AT_CLEANUP
diff --git a/tests/vty/vty_test.c b/tests/vty/vty_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a9be84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vty/vty_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* (C) 2013 by Jacob Erlbeck <jerlbeck@sysmocom.de>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is iree software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/talloc.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/logging.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
+#include <osmocom/vty/misc.h>
+
+static void test_cmd_string_from_valstr(void)
+{
+	char *cmd;
+	const struct value_string printf_seq_vs[] = {
+		{ .value = 42, .str = "[foo%s%s%s%s%s]"},
+		{ .value = 43, .str = "[bar%s%s%s%s%s]"},
+		{ .value = 0,  .str = NULL}
+	};
+
+	printf("Going to test vty_cmd_string_from_valstr()\n");
+
+	/* check against character strings that could break printf */
+
+	cmd = vty_cmd_string_from_valstr (NULL, printf_seq_vs, "[prefix%s%s%s%s%s]", "[sep%s%s%s%s%s]", "[end%s%s%s%s%s]", 1);
+	printf ("Tested with %%s-strings, resulting cmd = '%s'\n", cmd);
+	talloc_free (cmd);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	test_cmd_string_from_valstr();
+	printf("All tests passed\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/vty/vty_test.ok b/tests/vty/vty_test.ok
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ff68c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/vty/vty_test.ok
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Going to test vty_cmd_string_from_valstr()
+Tested with %s-strings, resulting cmd = '[prefix%s%s%s%s%s][foo%s%s%s%s%s][sep%s%s%s%s%s]['
+All tests passed