diff --git a/test/beeswarm.jl b/test/beeswarm.jl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ae87a8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/beeswarm.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+using Gadfly
+using RDatasets
+
+plot(dataset("lattice", "singer"), x="VoicePart", y="Height", Geom.beeswarm)
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 5b16d679c..5fb7f1a91 100755
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ tests = [
     ("step",                                  6inch, 3inch),
     ("auto_enumerate",                        6inch, 3inch),
     ("coord_limits",                          6inch, 6inch),
-    ("rug",                                   6inch, 3inch)
+    ("rug",                                   6inch, 3inch),
+    ("beeswarm",                              6inch, 3inch)
 ]