diff --git a/examples/redirect/Cargo.toml b/examples/redirect/Cargo.toml
index 5a59bcfb3f..e71d8bcc77 100644
--- a/examples/redirect/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/redirect/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ workspace = "../../"
 [dependencies]
 rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+rocket = { path = "../../lib", features = ["testing"] }
diff --git a/examples/redirect/src/main.rs b/examples/redirect/src/main.rs
index 0fad379c96..bfbf410455 100644
--- a/examples/redirect/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/redirect/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #![feature(plugin)]
 #![plugin(rocket_codegen)]
+
 extern crate rocket;
 
+#[cfg(test)] mod tests;
+
 use rocket::response::Redirect;
 
 #[get("/")]
diff --git a/examples/redirect/src/tests.rs b/examples/redirect/src/tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69848b0dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/redirect/src/tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use super::rocket;
+use rocket::testing::MockRequest;
+use rocket::Response;
+use rocket::http::Method::*;
+use rocket::http::Status;
+
+macro_rules! run_test {
+    ($path:expr, $test_fn:expr) => ({
+        let rocket = rocket::ignite().mount("/", routes![super::root, super::login]);
+        let mut request = MockRequest::new(Get, format!($path));
+
+        $test_fn(request.dispatch_with(&rocket));
+    })
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_root() {
+    run_test!("/", |mut response: Response| {
+        assert!(response.body().is_none());
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), Status::SeeOther);
+        for h in response.headers() {
+            match h.name.as_str() {
+                "Location" => assert_eq!(h.value, "/login"),
+                "Content-Length" => assert_eq!(h.value.parse::<i32>().unwrap(), 0),
+                _ => { /* let these through */ }
+            }
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_login() {
+    run_test!("/login", |mut response: Response| {
+        let body_string = response.body().and_then(|body| body.into_string());
+        assert_eq!(body_string, Some("Hi! Please log in before continuing.".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!(response.status(), Status::Ok);
+    });
+}