diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 7c5a554..fdbd19c 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import os
+from typing import BinaryIO
 
 import pytest
 
 
-def open_data(name):
+def open_data(name: str) -> BinaryIO:
     return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), name), "rb")
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
-def sqlite_db():
+def sqlite_db() -> BinaryIO:
     return open_data("data/test.sqlite")
diff --git a/tests/test_sqlite.py b/tests/test_sqlite.py
index e5f0226..38d4960 100644
--- a/tests/test_sqlite.py
+++ b/tests/test_sqlite.py
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+from io import BytesIO
+from typing import Any, BinaryIO
+
+import pytest
+
 from dissect.sql import sqlite3
 from dissect.sql.c_sqlite3 import SQLITE3_HEADER_MAGIC
 
 
-def test_sqlite(sqlite_db):
+def test_sqlite(sqlite_db: BinaryIO) -> None:
     s = sqlite3.SQLite3(sqlite_db)
 
     assert s.header.magic == SQLITE3_HEADER_MAGIC
@@ -35,3 +40,14 @@ def test_sqlite(sqlite_db):
     assert len(rows) == len(list(table))
     assert table.row(0).__dict__ == rows[0].__dict__
     assert list(rows[0]) == [("id", 1), ("name", "testing"), ("value", 1337)]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "input, encoding, expected_output",
+    [
+        (b"\x04\x00\x1b\x02testing\x059", "utf-8", ([0, 27, 2], [None, "testing", 1337])),
+        (b"\x02\x65\x80\x81\x82\x83", "utf-8", ([101], [b"\x80\x81\x82\x83"])),
+    ],
+)
+def test_sqlite_read_record(input: bytes, encoding: str, expected_output: tuple[list[int], list[Any]]) -> None:
+    assert sqlite3.read_record(BytesIO(input), encoding) == expected_output