diff --git a/src/test/mod.rs b/src/test/mod.rs
index e3e42082..247753b9 100644
--- a/src/test/mod.rs
+++ b/src/test/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use tokio_core::net::TcpListener;
 
 use server::HttpServer;
 use handler::Handler;
-use channel::IntoHttpHandler;
+use channel::{HttpHandler, IntoHttpHandler};
 use middlewares::Middleware;
 use application::{Application, HttpApplication};
 
@@ -56,6 +56,36 @@ impl TestServer {
         TestServer::with_state(||(), config)
     }
 
+    /// Start new test server with application factory
+    pub fn with_factory<H, F, U, V>(factory: F) -> Self
+        where H: HttpHandler,
+              F: Sync + Send + 'static + Fn() -> U,
+              U: IntoIterator<Item=V> + 'static,
+              V: IntoHttpHandler<Handler=H>,
+    {
+        let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+
+        // run server in separate thread
+        let join = thread::spawn(move || {
+            let sys = System::new("actix-test-server");
+            let tcp = net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:0").unwrap();
+            let local_addr = tcp.local_addr().unwrap();
+            let tcp = TcpListener::from_listener(tcp, &local_addr, Arbiter::handle()).unwrap();
+
+            HttpServer::new(factory).start_incoming(tcp.incoming(), false);
+
+            tx.send((Arbiter::system(), local_addr)).unwrap();
+            let _ = sys.run();
+        });
+
+        let (sys, addr) = rx.recv().unwrap();
+        TestServer {
+            addr: addr,
+            thread: Some(join),
+            sys: sys,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Start new test server with custom application state
     ///
     /// This methos accepts state factory and configuration method.
diff --git a/tests/test_server.rs b/tests/test_server.rs
index 0c0a6bd7..d148e9ef 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.rs
+++ b/tests/test_server.rs
@@ -9,11 +9,18 @@ use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 use actix_web::*;
 
 #[test]
-fn test_serve() {
+fn test_simple() {
     let srv = test::TestServer::new(|app| app.handler(httpcodes::HTTPOk));
     assert!(reqwest::get(&srv.url("/")).unwrap().status().is_success());
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_application() {
+    let srv = test::TestServer::with_factory(
+        || Application::new().resource("/", |r| r.h(httpcodes::HTTPOk)));
+    assert!(reqwest::get(&srv.url("/")).unwrap().status().is_success());
+}
+
 struct MiddlewareTest {
     start: Arc<AtomicUsize>,
     response: Arc<AtomicUsize>,