diff --git a/src/bin_client/test/test_basic.sh b/src/bin_client/test/test_basic.sh
index 756483b87..72f5a6a70 100755
--- a/src/bin_client/test/test_basic.sh
+++ b/src/bin_client/test/test_basic.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ start_node 1
 activate_alpha
 
 sleep 2
+
+#tests for the rpc service raw_context
+$client rpc call '/blocks/head/raw_context/version' | assert '{ "content": "67656e65736973" }'
+$client rpc call '/blocks/head/raw_context/non-existent' | assert 'No service found at this URL'
+$client rpc call '/blocks/head/raw_context?depth=2' | assert '{ "content":
+    { "genesis_key":
+        "68b4bf512517497dbd944de6825ab0a0fed7ff51bdd6b77596a19cc9175ddd55",
+      "v1": { "sandboxed": null }, "version": "67656e65736973" } }'
+$client rpc call '/blocks/head/raw_context/non-existent?depth=-1' | assert 'No service found at this URL'
+$client rpc call '/blocks/head/raw_context/non-existent?depth=0' | assert 'No service found at this URL'
+
+
 $client bake for bootstrap1 -max-priority 512
 
 key1=foo