diff --git a/ipc/tests/Cargo.toml b/ipc/tests/Cargo.toml
index 931bf8061..035de644c 100644
--- a/ipc/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ipc/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ serde = "0.7.0"
 ethcore-devtools = { path = "../../devtools" }
 semver = "0.2.0"
 nanomsg = "0.5.0"
+ethcore-ipc-nano = { path = "../nano" }
+
 
 [build-dependencies]
 syntex = "0.30.0"
diff --git a/ipc/tests/over_nano.rs b/ipc/tests/over_nano.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..944f12c2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ipc/tests/over_nano.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright 2015, 2016 Ethcore (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of Parity.
+
+// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+	use super::super::service::*;
+	use nanoipc;
+	use std::sync::Arc;
+
+	fn init_worker(addr: &str) -> nanoipc::Worker<Service> {
+		let mut worker = nanoipc::Worker::<Service>::new(Arc::new(Service::new()));
+		worker.add_duplex(addr).unwrap();
+		worker
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn can_create_client() {
+		let client = nanoipc::init_client::<ServiceClient<_>>("ipc:///tmp/parity-examples-test10.ipc");
+		assert!(client.is_ok());
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn can_call_handshake() {
+		let exit = Arc::new(::std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false));
+		let url = "ipc:///tmp/parity-test-examples-20.ipc";
+
+		let worker_exit = exit.clone();
+		::std::thread::spawn(move || {
+			let mut worker = init_worker(url);
+    		while !worker_exit.load(::std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) { worker.poll() }
+		});
+		let client = nanoipc::init_client::<ServiceClient<_>>(url).unwrap();
+
+		let hs = client.handshake();
+
+		exit.store(true, ::std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+		assert!(hs.is_ok());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/ipc/tests/run.rs b/ipc/tests/run.rs
index 0b86fe368..d3eb15287 100644
--- a/ipc/tests/run.rs
+++ b/ipc/tests/run.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ extern crate serde;
 extern crate ethcore_devtools as devtools;
 extern crate semver;
 extern crate nanomsg;
+extern crate ethcore_ipc_nano as nanoipc;
 
 pub mod service;
 mod examples;
+mod over_nano;