diff --git a/tests/libraries/test_requests.py b/tests/libraries/test_requests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4407e5dcb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libraries/test_requests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2014, PyInstaller Development Team.
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License with exception
+# for distributing bootloader.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import BaseHTTPServer
+import SimpleHTTPServer
+
+import os
+import ssl
+import sys
+import threading
+import time
+
+import requests
+
+"""
+Note: to re-create the test_requests_server.pem file use the
+following commands.
+
+cd /path/to/pyinstaller.git/tests/libraries
+openssl req -new -x509 -keyout test_requests_server.pem \
+    -out test_requests_server.pem -days 365 \
+    -nodes -config test_requests_openssl.conf
+"""
+
+
+SERVER_PORT = 8443
+SERVER_CERT = os.path.join(
+    os.path.dirname(sys.executable),
+    u"test_requests_server.pem")
+
+
+def ssl_server():
+    # SSL server copied from here:
+    # http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
+    httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(
+        ('localhost', SERVER_PORT),
+        SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
+    httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket(
+        httpd.socket, certfile=SERVER_CERT, server_side=True)
+    httpd.serve_forever()
+
+
+def main():
+    # Start the SSL server
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=ssl_server)
+    thread.daemon = True
+    thread.start()
+
+    # Wait a bit for the server to start
+    time.sleep(1)
+
+    # Use requests to get a page from the server
+    requests.get(
+        u"https://localhost:{}".format(SERVER_PORT),
+        verify=SERVER_CERT)
+    # requests.get("https://github.com")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/libraries/test_requests.spec b/tests/libraries/test_requests.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e0a3e2673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libraries/test_requests.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# -*- mode: python -*-
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2013, PyInstaller Development Team.
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License with exception
+# for distributing bootloader.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+__testname__ = 'test_requests'
+
+a = Analysis([__testname__ + '.py'],
+             pathex=[])
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure)
+
+TOC_custom = [('test_requests_server.pem','test_requests_server.pem','DATA')]
+
+exe = EXE(pyz,
+          a.scripts,
+          exclude_binaries=1,
+          name=__testname__ + '.exe',
+          debug=True,
+          strip=False,
+          upx=True,
+          console=True )
+
+coll = COLLECT( exe,
+               a.binaries,
+               a.zipfiles,
+               a.datas,
+               TOC_custom,
+               strip=False,
+               upx=True,
+               name=__testname__)
diff --git a/tests/libraries/test_requests_openssl.conf b/tests/libraries/test_requests_openssl.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ed844abc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libraries/test_requests_openssl.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[ req ]
+distinguished_name  = req_distinguished_name
+x509_extensions = v3_ca
+[ alternate_names ]
+DNS.1           = localhost
+[ req_distinguished_name ]
+ commonName                      = Common Name
+ commonName_default              = localhost
+[ v3_ca ]
+ subjectAltName      = @alternate_names
diff --git a/tests/libraries/test_requests_server.pem b/tests/libraries/test_requests_server.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4899709972
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/libraries/test_requests_server.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+MIIBOgIBAAJBALni+6hwnJKQg12wz22L5r3Wm5tz4aeC/3OnziiEUY/4IFv+N651
+DVoCI3LFDUA1lMp7UjR+omyrZtZvWmZfqa8CAwEAAQJABtGQsakP1UB/0Rv/P+F1
+4VjR9G3XxTFE9ZUeNtZDt6guY2PplKR/JqleAQvPSXaEwRyMhPwZYbmzNGmpmurc
+gQIhAOMMJQuvl0cqEWvPq+88H92wkdAQYPK8NSoCQe+VxZifAiEA0ZcqABAb/F+X
+nxm/NHTFZjV15oDonZrV+pSeFLW3hPECIGHjF4mtP3x3/6DKnSb8dgSfHo5ksVeV
+mxosdP71RIajAiB1EVg2XMkk+Ef6aCkypZ607luCerJzhc7LfkOmEbIGIQIhANnJ
+Cfpcqkonyl/2ZgEyhIFugFtQo+TKAOoautt2lhgW
+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+MIIBODCB46ADAgECAgkA87ahT46HZfgwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwFDESMBAGA1UE
+AwwJbG9jYWxob3N0MB4XDTE1MDExNTIxMTgwNVoXDTE2MDExNTIxMTgwNVowFDES
+MBAGA1UEAwwJbG9jYWxob3N0MFwwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADSwAwSAJBALni+6hw
+nJKQg12wz22L5r3Wm5tz4aeC/3OnziiEUY/4IFv+N651DVoCI3LFDUA1lMp7UjR+
+omyrZtZvWmZfqa8CAwEAAaMYMBYwFAYDVR0RBA0wC4IJbG9jYWxob3N0MA0GCSqG
+SIb3DQEBBQUAA0EAtuRhYAM7E/CAvAipC29BgoGoihyJWljsVaSjfuneOMNMiNQb
+aaU7A6Vi4QsE5+rExs/o5ysn4JrQMF4cDCR0lw==
+-----END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/tests/runtests.py b/tests/runtests.py
index d6450bfaef..fd6956d2eb 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.py
+++ b/tests/runtests.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ def __init__(self):
             'libraries/test_pytz': ['pytz'],
             'libraries/test_PyQt4-QtWebKit': ['PyQt4'],
             'libraries/test_PyQt4-uic': ['PyQt4'],
+            'libraries/test_requests': ['requests'],
             'libraries/test_sysconfig': ['sysconfig'],
             'libraries/test_scapy1': ['scapy'],
             'libraries/test_scapy2': ['scapy'],
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ def check(self, test_name):
     'interactive/test_onefile_win32_uac_admin',
     'libraries/test_Image',
     'libraries/test_PIL',
+    'libraries/test_requests',
     'multipackage/test_multipackage1',
     'multipackage/test_multipackage2',
     'multipackage/test_multipackage3',