diff --git a/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/NzbDrone.Integration.Test.csproj b/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/NzbDrone.Integration.Test.csproj
index 6a35e4218..f60085898 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/NzbDrone.Integration.Test.csproj
+++ b/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/NzbDrone.Integration.Test.csproj
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
       <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
       <HintPath>..\packages\FluentValidation.4.0.0.1\lib\Net40\FluentValidation.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.1.1.3\lib\net40\Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.Owin">
       <HintPath>..\packages\Microsoft.Owin.1.1.0-beta2\lib\net40\Microsoft.Owin.dll</HintPath>
     </Reference>
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/RootFolderIntegrationTest.cs b/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/RootFolderIntegrationTest.cs
index 8a8d04d7f..d4cc4bc83 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/RootFolderIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/RootFolderIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using FluentAssertions;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client.Transports;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using NzbDrone.Api.RootFolders;
 
@@ -8,6 +11,30 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Integration.Test
     [TestFixture]
     public class RootFolderIntegrationTest : IntegrationTest
     {
+        private Connection _connection;
+        private List<object> _signalRReceived;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void Setup()
+        {
+            _signalRReceived = new List<object>();
+            _connection = new Connection("http://localhost:8989/signalr/rootfolder");
+            _connection.Start(new LongPollingTransport()).ContinueWith(task =>
+            {
+                if (task.IsFaulted)
+                {
+                    Assert.Fail("SignalrConnection failed. {0}", task.Exception.GetBaseException());
+                }
+            });
+
+            _connection.Received += _connection_Received;
+        }
+
+        private void _connection_Received(string obj)
+        {
+            _signalRReceived.Add(obj);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void should_have_no_root_folder_initially()
         {
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/packages.config b/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/packages.config
index 3f0ac1830..0f08d34ac 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/packages.config
+++ b/NzbDrone.Integration.Test/packages.config
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <packages>
   <package id="FluentAssertions" version="2.0.1" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="FluentValidation" version="4.0.0.1" targetFramework="net40" />
+  <package id="Microsoft.AspNet.SignalR.Client" version="1.1.3" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin" version="1.1.0-beta2" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Host.HttpListener" version="1.1.0-beta2" targetFramework="net40" />
   <package id="Microsoft.Owin.Hosting" version="1.1.0-beta2" targetFramework="net40" />