diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
index bfac98919e..a6ff59f3c8 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/test_case_list.xml
@@ -1026,6 +1026,22 @@
       <search_expr_false>segmentation fault|assertion|exiting|fatal</search_expr_false>
       <nruns>3</nruns>
     </testCase>
+
+    <testCase id="015103">
+      <class>execution</class>
+      <desc>polartest test cases.</desc>
+      <pre_compile_prog></pre_compile_prog>
+      <compile_prog>$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/build_oai</compile_prog>
+      <compile_prog_args> --phy_simulators  -c </compile_prog_args>
+      <pre_exec>$OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/free_mem.bash</pre_exec>
+      <pre_exec_args></pre_exec_args>
+      <main_exec> $OPENAIR_DIR/targets/bin/polartest.Rel15</main_exec>
+      <main_exec_args>-q -s-10 -f0</main_exec_args>
+      <tags>ldpctest.test1</tags>
+      <search_expr_true>BLER= 0.000000</search_expr_true>
+      <search_expr_false>segmentation fault|assertion|exiting|fatal</search_expr_false>
+      <nruns>3</nruns>
+    </testCase> 
     
     <testCase id="015110">
       <class>execution</class>
diff --git a/openair1/PHY/CODING/TESTBENCH/polartest.c b/openair1/PHY/CODING/TESTBENCH/polartest.c
index f412be1271..c04d469d8d 100644
--- a/openair1/PHY/CODING/TESTBENCH/polartest.c
+++ b/openair1/PHY/CODING/TESTBENCH/polartest.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	double timeEncoderCumulative = 0, timeDecoderCumulative = 0;
 	uint8_t aggregation_level = 8, decoderListSize = 8, pathMetricAppr = 0;
 
-	while ((arguments = getopt (argc, argv, "s:d:f:m:i:l:a:h:qg")) != -1)
+	while ((arguments = getopt (argc, argv, "s:d:f:m:i:l:a:hqg")) != -1)
 	switch (arguments)
 	{
 		case 's':
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		  decoder_int16=1;
                   break;
 	        case 'h':
-		  printf("./polartest -s SNRstart -d SNRinc -f SNRstop -m [0=PBCH|1=DCI|2=UCI] -i iterations -l decoderListSize -a pathMetricAppr\n");
+		  printf("./polartest -s SNRstart -d SNRinc -f SNRstop -m [0=PBCH|1=DCI|2=UCI] -i iterations -l decoderListSize -a pathMetricAppr -q (use fixed point decoder)\n");
 		  exit(-1);
 
 		default:
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 				((double)bitErrorCumulative / (iterations*testLength)),
 				(timeEncoderCumulative/iterations),timeDecoderCumulative/iterations);
 
+		if (blockErrorCumulative==0 && bitErrorCumulative==0)
+		  break;
+
 		blockErrorCumulative = 0; bitErrorCumulative = 0;
 		timeEncoderCumulative = 0; timeDecoderCumulative = 0;
 	}