diff --git a/surveilclient/tests/common/__init__.py b/surveilclient/tests/common/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/surveilclient/tests/common/test_http.py b/surveilclient/tests/common/test_http.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e2c74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/surveilclient/tests/common/test_http.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2014 - Savoir-Faire Linux inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import json
+import unittest
+
+import httpretty
+
+from surveilclient.common import http
+
+
+class TestHttp(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.surveil_url = 'http://surveil:8080/v1'
+        self.client = http.HTTPClient(self.surveil_url)
+
+    @httpretty.activate
+    def test_json_request_get(self):
+        example_result = {'hello': 'surveil'}
+        httpretty.register_uri(httpretty.GET,
+                               self.surveil_url + "/test",
+                               body=json.dumps(example_result))
+
+        result = self.client.json_request('/test', 'GET')
+        self.assertEqual(httpretty.last_request().method, 'GET')
+        self.assertEqual(result, example_result)
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            httpretty.last_request().headers['Content-Type'],
+            'application/json'
+        )
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 40f3cae..6629828 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ oslosphinx
 six
 testrepository
 mox3>=0.7.0
+httpretty