diff --git a/spec/views/ci/status/_badge.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/ci/status/_badge.html.haml_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c62450fb8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/ci/status/_badge.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'ci/status/_badge', :view do
+ let(:user) { create(:user) }
+ let(:project) { create(:empty_project, :private) }
+ let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_pipeline, project: project) }
+
+ context 'when rendering status for build' do
+ let(:build) do
+ create(:ci_build, :success, pipeline: pipeline)
+ end
+
+ context 'when user has ability to see details' do
+ before do
+ project.add_developer(user)
+ end
+
+ it 'has link to build details page' do
+ details_path = namespace_project_build_path(
+ project.namespace, project, build)
+
+ render_status(build)
+
+ expect(rendered).to have_link 'passed', href: details_path
+ end
+ end
+
+ context 'when user do not have ability to see build details' do
+ before do
+ render_status(build)
+ end
+
+ it 'contains build status text' do
+ expect(rendered).to have_content 'passed'
+ end
+
+ it 'does not contain links' do
+ expect(rendered).not_to have_link 'passed'
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ context 'when rendering status for external job' do
+ context 'when user has ability to see commit status details' do
+ before do
+ project.add_developer(user)
+ end
+
+ context 'status has external target url' do
+ before do
+ external_job = create(:generic_commit_status,
+ status: :running,
+ pipeline: pipeline,
+ target_url: 'http://gitlab.com')
+
+ render_status(external_job)
+ end
+
+ it 'contains valid commit status text' do
+ expect(rendered).to have_content 'running'
+ end
+
+ it 'has link to external status page' do
+ expect(rendered).to have_link 'running', href: 'http://gitlab.com'
+ end
+ end
+
+ context 'status do not have external target url' do
+ before do
+ external_job = create(:generic_commit_status, status: :canceled)
+
+ render_status(external_job)
+ end
+
+ it 'contains valid commit status text' do
+ expect(rendered).to have_content 'canceled'
+ end
+
+ it 'has link to external status page' do
+ expect(rendered).not_to have_link 'canceled'
+ end
+ end
+ end
+ end
+
+ def render_status(resource)
+ render 'ci/status/badge', status: resource.detailed_status(user)
+ end
+end