diff --git a/rplugin/test/templates/example.py b/rplugin/test/templates/example.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f271883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rplugin/test/templates/example.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class SomeClass(object):
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def method(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/rplugin/test/templates/expected_tags b/rplugin/test/templates/expected_tags
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d086ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rplugin/test/templates/expected_tags
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+!_TAG_FILE_FORMAT	2	/extended format; --format=1 will not append ;" to lines/
+!_TAG_FILE_SORTED	1	/0=unsorted, 1=sorted, 2=foldcase/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_AUTHOR	Universal Ctags Team	//
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_NAME	Universal Ctags	/Derived from Exuberant Ctags/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_URL	https://ctags.io/	/official site/
+!_TAG_PROGRAM_VERSION	0.0.0	/4f741b9/
diff --git a/rplugin/test/test_neotags.py b/rplugin/test/test_neotags.py
index 9c3c78d..486aa89 100644
--- a/rplugin/test/test_neotags.py
+++ b/rplugin/test/test_neotags.py
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
-import unittest
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
+from pyfakefs import fake_filesystem_unittest
 import neovim
+import os
 
 from python3.neotags import NeotagsPlugin
 
 
-class TestNeotagsPlugin(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestNeotagsPlugin(fake_filesystem_unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
+        self.templates_dirname = os.path.join(
+            os.path.dirname(__file__),
+            'templates'
+        )
+        self.setUpPyfakefs()
         self.plugin = NeotagsPlugin(Mock(neovim.api.nvim))
 
     def test_default_options(self):
@@ -59,3 +65,62 @@ class TestNeotagsPlugin(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.plugin.error('some message')
         self.plugin.nvim.err_write.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_get_tags_file_in_same_folder(self):
+        filename = '/var/data/some_file.py'
+        expected_tags_filename = '/var/data/tags'
+
+        self.fs.CreateFile(filename)
+        self.fs.CreateFile(expected_tags_filename)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            expected_tags_filename,
+            self.plugin.get_tags_file(filename)
+        )
+
+    def test_get_tags_file_in_parent_folder(self):
+        filename = '/var/data/some_file.py'
+        expected_tags_filename = '/var/tags'
+
+        self.fs.CreateFile(filename)
+        self.fs.CreateFile(expected_tags_filename)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            expected_tags_filename,
+            self.plugin.get_tags_file(filename)
+        )
+
+    def test_get_tags_file_in_root_folder(self):
+        filename = '/var/data/some_file.py'
+        expected_tags_filename = '/tags'
+
+        self.fs.CreateFile(filename)
+        self.fs.CreateFile(expected_tags_filename)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            expected_tags_filename,
+            self.plugin.get_tags_file(filename)
+        )
+
+    def test_strips_existing_tags(self):
+        filename = '/var/data/example.py'
+        tags_file = '/var/data/tags'
+        expected_tags_file = os.path.join(
+            self.templates_dirname,
+            'expected_tags'
+        )
+
+        self.copyRealFile(
+            os.path.join(self.templates_dirname, 'example.py'),
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(filename), os.path.basename(filename))
+        )
+        self.copyRealFile(
+            os.path.join(self.templates_dirname, 'tags'),
+            os.path.join(
+                os.path.dirname(tags_file), os.path.basename(tags_file)
+            )
+        )
+
+        self.plugin.strip_existing_tags(tags_file, os.path.basename(filename))
+        with open(tags_file) as f, open(expected_tags_file) as e:
+            self.assertEqual(e.read(), f.read())