diff --git a/test/WebSockets.jl b/test/WebSockets.jl
index 303e9310e..eed1ac686 100644
--- a/test/WebSockets.jl
+++ b/test/WebSockets.jl
@@ -25,4 +25,35 @@ for s in ["ws", "wss"]
 
 end
 
+@async HTTP.listen(ip"127.0.0.1",8000) do http
+    if HTTP.WebSockets.is_websocket_upgrade(http.message)
+        HTTP.WebSockets.upgrade(http) do client
+            data = ""
+            while !eof(client);
+                data = String(readavailable(client))
+            end
+            write(client,data)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+sleep(2)
+
+HTTP.WebSockets.open("ws://127.0.0.1:8000") do io
+    write(io, HTTP.bytes("Foo"))
+    @test !eof(io)
+    @test String(readavailable(io)) == "Foo"
+
+    write(io, HTTP.bytes("Hello"))
+    write(io, " There")
+    write(io, " World", "!")
+    closewrite(io)
+
+    buf = IOBuffer()
+    write(buf, io)
+    @test String(take!(buf)) == "Hello There World!"
+
+    close(io)
+end
+
 end # testset