diff --git a/tests/fixtures/root-paths-cases.json b/tests/fixtures/root-paths-cases.json
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+[
+  {
+    "root": "localhost",
+    "basePath": "http://localhost:80"
+  },
+  {
+    "root": "127.0.0.1",
+    "basePath": "http://127.0.0.1:80"
+  },
+  {
+    "root": "localhost:1234",
+    "basePath": "http://localhost:1234"
+  },
+  {
+    "root": "127.0.0.1:1234",
+    "basePath": "http://127.0.0.1:1234"
+  },
+  {
+    "root": "localhost:1234/url",
+    "basePath": "http://localhost:1234/url"
+  },
+  {
+    "root": "127.0.0.1:1234/url",
+    "basePath": "http://127.0.0.1:1234/url"
+  },
+  {
+    "root": "foo.com/api",
+    "basePath": "http://foo.com:80/api"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/tests/test_scope.js b/tests/test_scope.js
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+'use strict';
+
+var Scope    = require('../lib/scope')
+  , assert = require('assert')
+  , tap     = require('tap')
+  , testcases = require('./fixtures/root-paths-cases.json')
+  , _       = require('lodash');
+
+testcases.forEach(function(cas) {
+  tap.test(`Scope parsing of root url: ${cas.root}`, function (t) {
+    let s = Scope(cas.root);
+    assert.equal(s.basePath, cas.basePath);
+    t.end();
+  });
+});