diff --git a/test/data/mvttest.pbf b/test/data/mvttest.pbf
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diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 188b9084c0..e89eaa1c3f 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
     <script src='spec/svg/layers.js'></script>
     <script src='spec/svg/lines.js'></script>
     <script src='spec/svg/midpoints.js'></script>
+    <script src='spec/svg/mvt.js'></script>
     <script src='spec/svg/osm.js'></script>
     <script src='spec/svg/points.js'></script>
     <script src='spec/svg/svg.js'></script>
diff --git a/test/spec/svg/mvt.js b/test/spec/svg/mvt.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5ab522aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/svg/mvt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+describe('iD.svgMvt', function () {
+    var context;
+    var surface;
+    var dispatch = d3.dispatch('change');
+    var projection = iD.geoRawMercator()
+        .translate([6934098.868981334, 4092682.5519805425])
+        .scale(iD.geoZoomToScale(17))
+        .clipExtent([[0, 0], [1000, 1000]]);
+
+
+    var gj = {
+        'type': 'FeatureCollection',
+        'features': [
+            {
+                'type': 'Feature',
+                'id': 316973311,
+                'geometry': {
+                    'type': 'Point',
+                    'coordinates': [
+                        -74.38928604125977,
+                        40.150275473401365
+                    ]
+                },
+                'properties': {
+                    'abbr': 'N.J.',
+                    'area': 19717.8,
+                    'name': 'New Jersey',
+                    'name_en': 'New Jersey',
+                    'osm_id': 316973311
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    };
+
+    beforeEach(function () {
+        context = iD.coreContext();
+        d3.select(document.createElement('div'))
+            .attr('id', 'map')
+            .call(context.map().centerZoom([-74.389286, 40.1502754], 17));
+
+        surface = context.surface();
+    });
+
+    it('creates layer-mvt', function () {
+        var render = iD.svgMvt(projection, context, dispatch);
+        surface.call(render);
+
+        var layers = surface.selectAll('g.layer-mvt').nodes();
+        expect(layers.length).to.eql(1);
+    });
+
+    it('draws geojson', function () {
+        var render = iD.svgMvt(projection, context, dispatch).geojson(gj);
+        surface.call(render);
+
+        var path = surface.selectAll('path.mvt');
+        expect(path.nodes().length).to.eql(1);
+        expect(path.attr('d')).to.match(/^M.*z$/);
+    });
+
+    describe('#url', function() {
+        it('handles pbf url', function () {
+            var url = '../../data/mvttest.pbf';
+            var render = iD.svgMvt(projection, context, dispatch).url(url);
+            surface.call(render);
+
+            var path = surface.selectAll('path.mvt');
+            expect(path.nodes().length).to.eql(1);
+            expect(path.attr('d')).to.match(/^M.*z$/);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('#showLabels', function() {
+        it('shows labels by default', function () {
+            var render = iD.svgMvt(projection, context, dispatch).geojson(gj);
+            surface.call(render);
+
+            var label = surface.selectAll('text.mvtlabel');
+            expect(label.nodes().length).to.eql(1);
+            expect(label.text()).to.eql('New Jersey');
+
+            var halo = surface.selectAll('text.mvtlabel-halo');
+            expect(halo.nodes().length).to.eql(1);
+            expect(halo.text()).to.eql('New Jersey');
+        });
+
+
+        it('hides labels with showLabels(false)', function () {
+            var render = iD.svgMvt(projection, context, dispatch).geojson(gj).showLabels(false);
+            surface.call(render);
+
+            expect(surface.selectAll('text.mvtlabel').empty()).to.be.ok;
+            expect(surface.selectAll('text.mvtlabel-halo').empty()).to.be.ok;
+        });
+    });
+
+});