diff --git a/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip.html b/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip.html
index 64efb72e11..086192d4fa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip.html
+++ b/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip.html
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
 <ol id="qunit-tests">
 </ol>
 
-<div id="main" style="position: absolute; top: -10000px; left: -10000px;">
+<div id="qunit-fixture">
 	<div>
 		<a id="tooltipped1" href="#" title="anchortitle">anchor</a>
 		<input title="inputtitle" />
+		<span data-tooltip="text">span</span>
 	</div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip_options.js b/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip_options.js
index 6962d1e860..ea4b14229c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip_options.js
+++ b/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip_options.js
@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@ module("tooltip: options", {
 
 
 test("option: items", function() {
-	ok(false, "missing items test");
+	var event = $.Event("mouseenter");
+	event.target = $("[data-tooltip]");
+	$("#qunit-fixture").tooltip({
+		items: "[data-tooltip]",
+		content: function() {
+			return $(this).attr("data-tooltip");
+		}
+	}).tooltip("open", event);
+	same( $(".ui-tooltip").text(), "text" );
 });
 
 test("content: default", function() {