diff --git a/contracts/Ownable.sol b/contracts/Ownable.sol
index 1f80c8f676c..86d9483a2e7 100644
--- a/contracts/Ownable.sol
+++ b/contracts/Ownable.sol
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Base contract with an owner
  */
 contract Ownable {
-  address owner;
+  address public owner;
 
   function Ownable() {
     owner = msg.sender;
diff --git a/migrations/2_deploy_contracts.js b/migrations/2_deploy_contracts.js
index 6731fa0ec03..8db14c0b9e6 100644
--- a/migrations/2_deploy_contracts.js
+++ b/migrations/2_deploy_contracts.js
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ module.exports = function(deployer) {
   deployer.deploy(PullPaymentBid);
   deployer.deploy(BadArrayUse);
   deployer.deploy(Bounty);
+  deployer.deploy(Ownable);
   deployer.deploy(LimitFunds);
 };
diff --git a/test/ownable.js b/test/ownable.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7649ecd396c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/ownable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+contract('Ownable', function(accounts) {
+  it("should have an owner", function(done) {
+    var ownable = Ownable.deployed();
+    return ownable.owner()
+    .then(function(owner) {
+      assert.isTrue(owner != 0);
+    })
+    .then(done)
+
+  });
+});