diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
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+import pytest
+import torch
+
+from chronos.utils import left_pad_and_stack_1D
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tensors", [
+    list(map(torch.tensor, [[1, 2, 3], [5, 6]])),
+    list(map(torch.tensor, [[2.0, 3.0], [4.0, 5.0, 6.0], [7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0]])),
+])
+def test_pad_and_stack(tensors: list):
+    stacked_and_padded = left_pad_and_stack_1D(tensors)
+    assert stacked_and_padded.shape == (len(tensors), max(len(t) for t in tensors))
+
+    ref = torch.concat(tensors).to(dtype=stacked_and_padded.dtype)
+
+    assert torch.nanmean(stacked_and_padded) == torch.nanmean(ref)