diff --git a/packages/stream/package.js b/packages/stream/package.js
index d865157f43..672f29b09e 100644
--- a/packages/stream/package.js
+++ b/packages/stream/package.js
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ Package.on_use(function (api) {
   api.add_files('stream_client.js', 'client');
   api.add_files('stream_server.js', 'server');
 });
+
+Package.on_test(function (api) {
+  api.use('stream', ['client', 'server']);
+  api.use('tinytest');
+  api.add_files('stream_tests.js', 'client');
+});
diff --git a/packages/stream/stream_tests.js b/packages/stream/stream_tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5632464ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/stream/stream_tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+test("stream - status", function () {
+  // Very basic test. Just see that it runs and returns something. Not a
+  // lot of coverage, but enough that it would have caught a recent bug.
+  var status = Meteor.status();
+  assert.equal(typeof status, "object");
+  assert.isTrue(status.status);
+});