diff --git a/test/haml_test.rb b/test/haml_test.rb
index e1c1a084..06ec10f4 100644
--- a/test/haml_test.rb
+++ b/test/haml_test.rb
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ class HAMLTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert ok?
     assert_match(/^<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC (.*) HTML 4.01/, body)
   end
+
+  it "is possible to pass locals" do
+    haml_app { haml "= foo", :locals => { :foo => 'bar' }}
+    assert_equal "bar\n", body
+  end
 end
 rescue
   warn "#{$!.to_s}: skipping haml tests"
