diff --git a/test/tests/TextItem.js b/test/tests/TextItem.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d351d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/TextItem.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Paper.js - The Swiss Army Knife of Vector Graphics Scripting.
+ * http://paperjs.org/
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 - 2013, Juerg Lehni & Jonathan Puckey
+ * http://lehni.org/ & http://jonathanpuckey.com/
+ *
+ * Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file for details.
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+module('TextItem');
+
+test('PointText', function() {
+	var text = new PointText({
+		point: [100, 100],
+		content: 'Hello World!'
+	});
+	equals(text.point, { x: 100, y: 100 });
+	equals(text.fillColor, 'black', 'text.fillColor should be black by default');
+});
diff --git a/test/tests/load.js b/test/tests/load.js
index dbd24c4d..4366db01 100644
--- a/test/tests/load.js
+++ b/test/tests/load.js
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 /*#*/ include('Raster.js');
 
+/*#*/ include('TextItem.js');
+
 /*#*/ include('HitResult.js');
 
 /*#*/ include('SVGImport.js');