diff --git a/tests/test_simple_x64.py b/tests/test_simple_x64.py
index 30cd68b..6baf4a8 100644
--- a/tests/test_simple_x64.py
+++ b/tests/test_simple_x64.py
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ if capstone:
     disassembleur = capstone.Cs(capstone.CS_ARCH_X86, capstone.CS_MODE_64)
     disassembleur.detail = True
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def need_capstone():
+    if capstone is None:
+        raise pytest.Skip("Capstone is not installed")
+    return True
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.usefixtures("need_capstone")
+
 
 def disas(x):
     return list(disassembleur.disasm(x, 0))
@@ -264,6 +272,7 @@ def test_assembler():
     CheckInstr(Add, must_fail=True)('RAX', 0xffffffff)
 
 
+
     code = MultipleInstr()
     code += Nop()
     code += Rep + Nop()
@@ -271,10 +280,10 @@ def test_assembler():
     print(repr(code.get_code()))
     assert code.get_code() == "\x90\xf3\x90\xc3"
 
-if capstone is None:
-    test_assembler = pytest.mark.skip("Capstone not installed")(test_assembler)
-
-# pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip("YOLO")
+def test_simple_x64_raw_instruction():
+    # Test the fake instruction "raw"
+    # By emetting a multi-char nop manually
+    CheckInstr(Raw, expected_result="nop word ptr [rax + rax]")("66 0F 1F 84 00 00 00 00 00")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_assembler()
diff --git a/tests/test_simple_x86.py b/tests/test_simple_x86.py
index dd1bfa3..8cb1aae 100644
--- a/tests/test_simple_x86.py
+++ b/tests/test_simple_x86.py
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ if capstone:
     disassembleur = capstone.Cs(capstone.CS_ARCH_X86, capstone.CS_MODE_32)
     disassembleur.detail = True
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def need_capstone():
+    if capstone is None:
+        raise pytest.Skip("Capstone is not installed")
+    return True
+
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.usefixtures("need_capstone")
+
 
 def disas(x):
     return list(disassembleur.disasm(x, 0))
@@ -38,6 +46,13 @@ class CheckInstr(object):
         print("{0} {1}".format(capres.mnemonic, capres.op_str))
         if len(res) != len(capres.bytes):
             raise AssertionError("Not all bytes have been used by the disassembler")
+
+
+        if self.expected_result is not None:
+            if "{0} {1}".format(capres.mnemonic, capres.op_str) == self.expected_result:
+                return True
+            else:
+                raise AssertionError("Expected result <{0}> got <{1}>".format(self.expected_result, "{0} {1}".format(capres.mnemonic, capres.op_str)))
         self.compare_mnemo(capres)
         self.compare_args(args, capres)
 
@@ -48,12 +63,6 @@ class CheckInstr(object):
         return True
 
     def compare_args(self, args, capres):
-        if self.expected_result is not None:
-            result = "{0} {1}".format(capres.mnemonic, capres.op_str)
-            if result != self.expected_result:
-                raise AssertionError("Bad expected result expect <{0}> got <{1}>".format(self.expected_result, result))
-            return
-
         capres_op = list(capres.operands)
         if len(args) != len(capres_op):
             raise AssertionError("Expected {0} operands got {1}".format(len(args), len(capres_op)))
@@ -190,9 +199,9 @@ def test_assembler():
 
     CheckInstr(x86.Test)('EAX', 'EAX')
     CheckInstr(x86.Test, expected_result="test edi, ecx")('ECX', 'EDI')
-
     CheckInstr(x86.Test)(mem('[ECX + 0x100]'), 'ECX')
 
+
     assert x86.Test(mem('[ECX + 0x100]'), 'ECX').get_code() == x86.Test('ECX', mem('[ECX + 0x100]')).get_code()
     assert Xchg('EAX', 'ECX').get_code() == Xchg('ECX', 'EAX').get_code()
 
@@ -203,6 +212,11 @@ def test_assembler():
     print(repr(code.get_code()))
     assert code.get_code() == "\x90\xf3\x90\xc3"
 
+def test_simple_x64_raw_instruction():
+    # Test the fake instruction "raw"
+    # By emetting a multi-char nop manually
+    CheckInstr(Raw, expected_result="nop word ptr [eax + eax]")("66 0F 1F 84 00 00 00 00 00")
+
 if capstone is None:
     test_assembler = pytest.mark.skip("Capstone not installed")(test_assembler)
 
diff --git a/windows/native_exec/simple_x64.py b/windows/native_exec/simple_x64.py
index e6c64dd..5f7ce30 100644
--- a/windows/native_exec/simple_x64.py
+++ b/windows/native_exec/simple_x64.py
@@ -1059,6 +1059,16 @@ def JmpAt(addr):
     code += Jmp('RAX')
     return code
 
+class Raw(Instruction):
+    """Output raw data"""
+    def __init__(self, *initial_args):
+        if len(initial_args) != 1:
+            raise ValueError("raw 'opcode' only accept one argument")
+        # Accept space
+        self.data = initial_args[0].replace(" ", "").decode("hex")
+
+    def get_code(self):
+        return self.data
 
 class Label(object):
     def __init__(self, name):
diff --git a/windows/native_exec/simple_x86.py b/windows/native_exec/simple_x86.py
index 0fe5c97..716eb6c 100644
--- a/windows/native_exec/simple_x86.py
+++ b/windows/native_exec/simple_x86.py
@@ -858,7 +858,8 @@ class Raw(Instruction):
     def __init__(self, *initial_args):
         if len(initial_args) != 1:
             raise ValueError("raw 'opcode' only accept one argument")
-        self.data = initial_args[0].decode("hex")
+        # Accept space
+        self.data = initial_args[0].replace(" ", "").decode("hex")
 
     def get_code(self):
         return self.data