diff --git a/tools/stats.js b/tools/stats.js
index 2e718d749c..64aa901918 100644
--- a/tools/stats.js
+++ b/tools/stats.js
@@ -31,13 +31,7 @@ var recordPackages = function (appDir) {
   // to the package stats server. If we can't connect, for example, we
   // don't care; we'll just miss out on recording these packages.
   Fiber(function () {
-    var Package = uniload.load({
-      packages: ["livedata"]
-    });
-    var conn = new ServiceConnection(
-      Package,
-      config.getPackageStatsServerUrl()
-    );
+    var conn = connectToPackagesStatsServer();
 
     if (auth.isLoggedIn()) {
       auth.loginWithTokenOrOAuth(
@@ -58,5 +52,25 @@ var recordPackages = function (appDir) {
   }).run();
 };
 
+// Used in a test (and can only be used against the testing packages
+// server) to fetch one package stats entry for a given application.
+var getAppPackagesForAppIdInTest = function (appDir) {
+  return connectToPackagesStatsServer().call(
+    "getAppPackagesForAppId",
+    project.getAppIdentifier(appDir) /*appId*/);
+};
+
+var connectToPackagesStatsServer = function () {
+  var Package = uniload.load({
+    packages: ["livedata"]
+  });
+  var conn = new ServiceConnection(
+    Package,
+    config.getPackageStatsServerUrl()
+  );
+  return conn;
+};
+
 exports.recordPackages = recordPackages;
 exports.packageList = packageList; // for use in the "stats" self-test.
+exports.getAppPackagesForAppIdInTest = getAppPackagesForAppIdInTest;
diff --git a/tools/test-utils.js b/tools/test-utils.js
index 223a686011..02ef7e4ba4 100644
--- a/tools/test-utils.js
+++ b/tools/test-utils.js
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ exports.logout = function (s) {
   run.expectExit(0);
 };
 
+exports.getUserId = function (s) {
+  var data = JSON.parse(s.readSessionFile());
+  return data.sessions["www.meteor.com"].userId;
+};
+
 var registrationUrlRegexp =
       /https:\/\/www\.meteor\.com\/setPassword\?([a-zA-Z0-9\+\/]+)/;
 exports.registrationUrlRegexp = registrationUrlRegexp;
diff --git a/tools/tests/report-stats.js b/tools/tests/report-stats.js
index 23b302e100..5eecfb261f 100644
--- a/tools/tests/report-stats.js
+++ b/tools/tests/report-stats.js
@@ -18,12 +18,9 @@ selftest.define("report-stats", function () {
   selftest.expectEqual(!! identifier, true);
   selftest.expectEqual(identifier.length > 0, true);
 
-  // verify that identifier file when running 'meteor bundle' on old
-  // apps
-  s.unlink(".meteor/identifier");
-  run = s.run("bundle", "foo.tar.gz");
-  run.waitSecs(30);
-  run.expectExit(0);
+  // verify that identifier file when running 'meteor bundle' on apps
+  // with no identifier file (eg pre-0.9.0 apps)
+  bundleWithFreshIdentifier(s);
   identifier = s.read(".meteor/identifier");
   selftest.expectEqual(!! identifier, true);
   selftest.expectEqual(identifier.length > 0, true);
@@ -33,11 +30,33 @@ selftest.define("report-stats", function () {
   var usage = fetchPackageUsageForApp(identifier);
   selftest.expectEqual(usage.packages, stats.packageList(s.cwd));
 
+  // verify that the stats server recorded that with no userId
+  var appPackages = stats.getAppPackagesForAppIdInTest(s.cwd);
+  selftest.expectEqual(appPackages.appId, identifier);
+  selftest.expectEqual(appPackages.userId, null);
+  selftest.expectEqual(appPackages.packages, stats.packageList(s.cwd));
+
+  // now bundle again while logged in. verify that the stats server
+  // recorded that with the right userId
+  testUtils.login(s, "test", "testtest");
+  bundleWithFreshIdentifier(s);
+  appPackages = stats.getAppPackagesForAppIdInTest(s.cwd);
+  selftest.expectEqual(appPackages.userId, testUtils.getUserId(s));
+
   // TODO:
-  // - test both the logged in state and the logged out state
   // - opt out
 });
 
+// Bundle the app in the current working directory after deleting its
+// identifier file (meaning a new one will be created).
+// @param s {Sandbox}
+var bundleWithFreshIdentifier = function (s) {
+  s.unlink(".meteor/identifier");
+  run = s.run("bundle", "foo.tar.gz");
+  run.waitSecs(30);
+  run.expectExit(0);
+};
+
 // Contact the package stats server and look for a given app
 // identifier reported in the range (now - 30 minutes, now + 30
 // minutes). Fails if packages for the same app was not recorded, or