diff --git a/test/provider.tilejson.js b/test/provider.tilejson.js
index 6c7f16b..e87d8e0 100644
--- a/test/provider.tilejson.js
+++ b/test/provider.tilejson.js
@@ -33,4 +33,25 @@ test("tile urls should be correctly formed for relative urls", function() {
   windshaft._ready = true;
   windshaft.getTileData({x: 0, y: 1, corrected: {x: 0, y: 1}}, 2, function() {});
   equal(lastCall,"http://what.ev.er/./2/0/1.json.torque");
+});
+
+test("tile urls should be correctly formed for absolute urls", function() {
+  torque.net.jsonp = function(url, callback) {
+    lastCall = url;
+    callback({ layergroupid: 'testlg', metadata: { torque: { 0: { data_steps:10 }} } });
+  };
+  torque.net.get = function(url, callback) {
+    lastCall = url;
+    var tilejson = '{"tiles": ["http://ca.ta.pam/{z}/{x}/{y}.json.torque"], "end": 903000, "column_type": "number", "start": 1000, "data_steps": 1, "resolution": 32}';
+    callback({response: tilejson});
+  };
+  windshaft = new torque.providers.tileJSON({
+    tileJSON: 'http://what.ev.er/tilejson.json',
+    cartocss: '#test{}',
+    resolution: 1,
+    steps: 10
+  });
+  windshaft._ready = true;
+  windshaft.getTileData({x: 0, y: 1, corrected: {x: 0, y: 1}}, 2, function() {});
+  equal(lastCall,"http://ca.ta.pam/2/0/1.json.torque");
 });
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