diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo/mod.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs
rename to rust-bindings/rust/src/repo/mod.rs
index 5ed83786..1245496c 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo/mod.rs
@@ -140,3 +140,6 @@ impl<O: IsA<Repo> + IsA<glib::Object> + Clone + 'static> RepoExtManual for O {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests;
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo/tests.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo/tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de388120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+use super::*;
+use crate::RepoMode;
+
+#[test]
+fn should_get_repo_mode_from_string() {
+    let mode = Repo::mode_from_string("archive").unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(RepoMode::Archive, mode);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn should_return_error_for_invalid_repo_mode_string() {
+    let result = Repo::mode_from_string("invalid-repo-mode");
+    assert!(result.is_err());
+}
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