diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 99f984bdaa..0f25015112 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 bin/
 bin64/
+.DS_store
diff --git a/include/beast/http/get.hpp b/include/beast/http/get.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..488fe37b86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/beast/http/get.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+#ifndef BEAST_HTTP_GET_HPP
+#define BEAST_HTTP_GET_HPP
+
+namespace beast {
+namespace http {
+
+} // http
+} // beast
+
+#endif
diff --git a/test/Jamfile b/test/Jamfile
index 7807972f31..a0ee9ae4f1 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile
+++ b/test/Jamfile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ unit-test http-tests :
     http/body_type.cpp
     http/concepts.cpp
     http/empty_body.cpp
+    http/get.cpp
     http/headers.cpp
     http/message.cpp
     http/message_v1.cpp
diff --git a/test/http/CMakeLists.txt b/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
index af038f6db8..2dd3573336 100644
--- a/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/http/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ add_executable (http-tests
     body_type.cpp
     concepts.cpp
     empty_body.cpp
+    get.cpp
     headers.cpp
     message.cpp
     message_v1.cpp
diff --git a/test/http/get.cpp b/test/http/get.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4470ced68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/http/get.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2013-2016 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+
+// Test that header file is self-contained.
+#include <beast/http/get.hpp>
+
+#include <beast/unit_test/suite.hpp>
+#include <boost/utility/string_ref.hpp>
+
+#include <beast/http.hpp>
+#include <boost/asio.hpp>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <cctype>
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace beast {
+namespace http {
+
+using resolver_type =
+    boost::asio::ip::tcp::resolver;
+
+using query_type =
+    resolver_type::query;
+
+using socket_type =
+    boost::asio::ip::tcp::socket;
+
+using endpoint_type = socket_type::endpoint_type;
+
+class url
+{
+public:
+    explicit
+    url(std::string const& s)
+    {
+        parse(s);
+    }
+
+    std::string protocol;
+    std::string host;
+    std::string path;
+    std::string query;
+
+private:
+    void
+    parse(std::string const& s)
+    {
+        using namespace std;
+        const string prot_end("://");
+        string::const_iterator prot_i = search(
+            s.begin(), s.end(), prot_end.begin(), prot_end.end());
+        protocol.reserve(distance(s.begin(), prot_i));
+        transform(s.begin(), prot_i,
+                  back_inserter(protocol),
+                  ptr_fun<int,int>(tolower)); // protocol is icase
+        if(prot_i == s.end() )
+            return;
+        advance(prot_i, prot_end.length());
+        string::const_iterator path_i = find(prot_i, s.end(), '/');
+        host.reserve(distance(prot_i, path_i));
+        transform(prot_i, path_i,
+                  back_inserter(host),
+                  ptr_fun<int,int>(tolower)); // host is icase
+        string::const_iterator query_i = find(path_i, s.end(), '?');
+        path.assign(path_i, query_i);
+        if(query_i != s.end() )
+            ++query_i;
+        query.assign(query_i, s.end());        
+    }
+};
+
+class basic_client
+{
+public:
+    /** Fetch a resource using a HTTP/1 GET request.
+    */
+    void
+    get(boost::string_ref url_str)
+    {
+        boost::asio::io_service ios;
+        resolver_type r{ios};
+
+        url u{url_str.to_string()};
+
+        auto it = r.resolve(
+            query_type{u.host, "http"});
+        socket_type sock{ios};
+        boost::asio::connect(sock, it);
+
+        // Send HTTP request using beast
+        beast::http::request_v1<
+            beast::http::empty_body> req;
+        req.method = "GET";
+        req.url = "/";
+        req.version = 11;
+        req.headers.insert("Host", u.host);
+        req.headers.insert("User-Agent", "Beast");
+        beast::http::prepare(req);
+        beast::http::write(sock, req);
+
+        // Receive and print HTTP response using beast
+        beast::streambuf sb;
+        beast::http::response_v1<
+            beast::http::streambuf_body> resp;
+        beast::http::read(sock, sb, resp);
+        std::cout << resp;
+    }
+};
+
+using client = basic_client;
+
+class get_test : public beast::unit_test::suite
+{
+public:
+    void testGet()
+    {
+        client c;
+        c.get("http://boost.org");
+
+        pass();
+    }
+    void run() override
+    {
+        testGet();
+    }
+};
+
+BEAST_DEFINE_TESTSUITE(get,http,beast);
+
+} // http
+} // beast