diff --git a/test/surface_rxn/configs/test_surface.json b/test/surface_rxn/configs/test_surface.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6610d4f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/surface_rxn/configs/test_surface.json
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+  "camp-data" : [
+    {
+      "type" : "RELATIVE_TOLERANCE",
+      "value" : 1.0e-15
+    },
+    {
+      "name" : "foo",
+      "type" : "CHEM_SPEC",
+      "diffusion coeff [m2 s-1]" : 0.95E-05,
+      "molecular weight [kg mol-1]" : 0.04607,
+      "absolute tolerance" : 1.0e-20
+    },
+    {
+      "name" : "bar",
+      "type" : "CHEM_SPEC"
+    },
+    {
+      "name" : "baz",
+      "type" : "CHEM_SPEC"
+    },
+    {
+      "name" : "aerosol stuff",
+      "type" : "CHEM_SPEC",
+      "phase" : "AEROSOL",
+      "molecular weight [kg mol-1]" : 0.5,
+      "density [kg m-3]" : 1000.0,
+      "absolute tolerance" : 1.0e-20
+    },
+    {
+      "name" : "more aerosol stuff",
+      "type" : "CHEM_SPEC",
+      "phase" : "AEROSOL",
+      "molecular weight [kg mol-1]" : 0.2,
+      "density [kg m-3]" : 1000.0,
+      "absolute tolerance" : 1.0e-20
+    },
+    {
+      "name" : "surface reacting phase",
+      "type" : "AERO_PHASE",
+      "species" : ["aerosol stuff", "more aerosol stuff"]
+    },
+    {
+      "name" : "not surface reacting phase",
+      "type" : "AERO_PHASE",
+      "species": ["aerosol stuff"]
+    },
+    {
+      "type" : "AERO_REP_SINGLE_PARTICLE",
+      "name" : "my aero rep 1",
+      "maximum computational particles" : 1
+    },
+    {
+      "type" : "AERO_REP_SINGLE_PARTICLE",
+      "name" : "my aero rep 2",
+      "maximum computational particles" : 1
+    },
+    {
+      "type" : "AERO_REP_SINGLE_PARTICLE",
+      "name" : "my aero rep 3",
+      "maximum computational particles" : 1
+    },
+    {
+      "name" : "surface mechanism",
+      "type" : "MECHANISM",
+      "reactions" : [
+        {
+        "type" : "SURFACE",
+        "gas-phase reactant" : "foo",
+          "reaction probability" : 2.0e-2,
+          "gas-phase products" : {
+            "bar" : { },
+            "baz" : { "yield" : 0.4 }
+          },
+        "aerosol phase" : "surface reacting phase"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/surface_rxn/test_surface_rxn.cpp b/test/surface_rxn/test_surface_rxn.cpp
index bc82ccf17..99200294a 100644
--- a/test/surface_rxn/test_surface_rxn.cpp
+++ b/test/surface_rxn/test_surface_rxn.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #include <micm/configure/solver_config.hpp>
-#include <micm/solver/rosenbrock.hpp>
+#include <micm/system/system.hpp>
+#include <micm/solver/state.hpp>
 #include <micm/system/species.hpp>
+#include <micm/process/surface_rate_constant.hpp>
+#include <micm/solver/rosenbrock.hpp>
 
+// based on CAMP/test/unit_rxn_data/test_rxn_surface.F90
 
 int main(const int argc, const char* argv[])
 {
   micm::SolverConfig solver_config;
 
+
   return 0;
 }