diff --git a/src/test/java/org/scijava/io/http/HTTPHandleTest.java b/src/test/java/org/scijava/io/http/HTTPHandleTest.java
index d8fb3e1..21cedc4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/scijava/io/http/HTTPHandleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/scijava/io/http/HTTPHandleTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.FileWriter;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -132,6 +133,15 @@ public void testBasicAuth() throws Exception {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test(timeout=15_000)
+	public void testRemoteReading() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
+		DataHandle<Location> handle = dataHandleService.readBuffer(new HTTPLocation(
+			"https://github.com/scijava/scijava-io-http/raw/master/src/test/resources/testfile"));
+
+		checkBasicReadMethods(handle, true);
+		checkEndiannessReading(handle);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a server which needs to be accessed with HTTP basic auth
 	 *