diff --git a/tests/libtransport/HTTPRequest.cpp b/tests/libtransport/HTTPRequest.cpp
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+#include <cppunit/TestFixture.h>
+#include <cppunit/extensions/HelperMacros.h>
+#include <Swiften/Swiften.h>
+#include <Swiften/EventLoop/DummyEventLoop.h>
+#include <Swiften/Server/Server.h>
+#include <Swiften/Network/DummyNetworkFactories.h>
+#include <Swiften/Network/DummyConnectionServer.h>
+#include <Swiften/Elements/VCardUpdate.h>
+#include "Swiften/Server/ServerStanzaChannel.h"
+#include "Swiften/Server/ServerFromClientSession.h"
+#include "Swiften/Parser/PayloadParsers/FullPayloadParserFactoryCollection.h"
+#include "basictest.h"
+
+#include "transport/ThreadPool.h"
+#include "transport/HTTPRequest.h"
+
+using namespace Transport;
+
+#if !HAVE_SWIFTEN_3
+#define get_value_or(X) substr()
+#endif
+
+class HTTPRequestTest : public CPPUNIT_NS :: TestFixture, public BasicTest {
+	CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE(HTTPRequestTest);
+	CPPUNIT_TEST(GETThreadPool);
+	CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_END();
+
+	public:
+		ThreadPool *tp;
+		bool result;
+
+		void setUp (void) {
+			setMeUp();
+			tp = new ThreadPool(loop, 10);
+			result = false;
+		}
+
+		void tearDown (void) {
+			tearMeDown();
+			delete tp;
+		}
+
+	void handleResult(HTTPRequest *req, bool ok, rapidjson::Document &resp, const std::string &data) {
+		result = true;
+	}
+
+	void GET() {
+		rapidjson::Document resp;
+		HTTPRequest *req = new HTTPRequest(tp, HTTPRequest::Get, "http://spectrum.im/params.json", boost::bind(&HTTPRequestTest::handleResult, this, _1, _2, _3, _4));
+		req->execute(resp);
+		delete req;
+	}
+
+	void GETThreadPool() {
+		HTTPRequest *req = new HTTPRequest(tp, HTTPRequest::Get, "http://spectrum.im/params.json", boost::bind(&HTTPRequestTest::handleResult, this, _1, _2, _3, _4));
+		req->execute();
+
+		int i = 0;
+		while (result == false && i < 5) {
+			sleep(1);
+			loop->processEvents();
+			i++;
+		}
+		CPPUNIT_ASSERT(result);
+	}
+
+};
+
+CPPUNIT_TEST_SUITE_REGISTRATION (HTTPRequestTest);
+