diff --git a/lib/resque/worker_registry.rb b/lib/resque/worker_registry.rb
index 948eb3a6d..d41b2ee0b 100644
--- a/lib/resque/worker_registry.rb
+++ b/lib/resque/worker_registry.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Resque
   class WorkerRegistry
     REDIS_WORKERS_KEY = :workers
     REDIS_SINGLE_WORKER_KEY = :worker
-    
+
     # Direct access to the Redis instance.
     def redis
       Resque.redis
diff --git a/test/resque/worker_test.rb b/test/resque/worker_test.rb
index 94038eec7..d6f7a7bc2 100644
--- a/test/resque/worker_test.rb
+++ b/test/resque/worker_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'test_helper'
 
 require 'resque/worker'
+require 'socket'
 
 describe Resque::Worker do
   describe "#state" do
@@ -13,4 +14,16 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#to_s, #inspect" do
+    it "gives us string representations of a worker" do
+      worker = Resque::Worker.new(:queue => "foo")
+      Socket.stub(:gethostname, "test.com") do
+        worker.stub(:pid, "1234") do
+          assert_equal "test.com:1234:{:queue=>\"foo\"}", worker.to_s
+          assert_equal "#<Worker test.com:1234:{:queue=>\"foo\"}>", worker.inspect
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end