diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eeffbe408e..3ffdc11869 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
     "sinon": "1.15.4",
     "sinon-chai": "^2.7.0",
     "superagent-defaults": "~0.1.5",
+    "uuid": "^2.0.1",
     "vinyl-source-stream": "^1.0.0",
     "vinyl-transform": "^1.0.0"
   }
diff --git a/test/api/register/register-post.js b/test/api/register/register-post.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8e970cf44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/api/register/register-post.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import {requester} from '../../helpers/api.helper';
+import {v4 as generateRandomUserName} from 'uuid';
+
+describe('POST /register', () => {
+  let api;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    api = requester();
+  });
+
+  it('registers a new user', (done) => {
+    let username = generateRandomUserName();
+    let email = `${username}@example.com`;
+    let password = 'password';
+
+    api.post('/register', {
+      username:        username,
+      email:           email,
+      password:        password,
+      confirmPassword: password,
+    }).then((user) => {
+      expect(user._id).to.exist;
+      expect(user.auth.local.username).to.eql(username);
+      expect(user.auth.local.email).to.eql(`${username}@example.com`);
+      done();
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      done(err);
+    });
+  });
+});