diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests.fsproj b/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests.fsproj
index 94f0b2e9b..c6faa5658 100644
--- a/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests.fsproj
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests.fsproj
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     </EmbeddedResource>
     <Compile Include="Http.fs" />
     <Compile Include="HttpRequestHeaders.fs" />
+    <Compile Include="HttpEncodings.fs" />
     <Compile Include="NameUtils.fs" />
     <Compile Include="Pluralizer.fs" />
     <Compile Include="IOTests.fs" />
diff --git a/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/HttpEncodings.fs b/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/HttpEncodings.fs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5aaba8721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/FSharp.Data.Core.Tests/HttpEncodings.fs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+module FSharp.Data.Tests.HttpEncodings
+
+open FsUnit
+open NUnit.Framework
+open System.Text
+open FSharp.Data
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.PostDefaultEncoding returns ISO-8859-1`` () =
+    HttpEncodings.PostDefaultEncoding.WebName |> should equal "iso-8859-1"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.ResponseDefaultEncoding returns ISO-8859-1`` () =
+    HttpEncodings.ResponseDefaultEncoding.WebName |> should equal "iso-8859-1"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.getEncoding with valid encoding name works`` () =
+    let utf8Encoding = HttpEncodings.getEncoding "utf-8"
+    utf8Encoding.WebName |> should equal "utf-8"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.getEncoding with codepage number works`` () =
+    let utf8Encoding = HttpEncodings.getEncoding "65001"
+    utf8Encoding.WebName |> should equal "utf-8"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.getEncoding with ASCII encoding name works`` () =
+    let asciiEncoding = HttpEncodings.getEncoding "ascii"
+    asciiEncoding.WebName |> should equal "us-ascii"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.getEncoding with ISO-8859-1 encoding name works`` () =
+    let iso88591 = HttpEncodings.getEncoding "iso-8859-1"
+    iso88591.WebName |> should equal "iso-8859-1"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.getEncoding with UTF-16 codepage works`` () =
+    let utf16 = HttpEncodings.getEncoding "1200"
+    utf16.WebName |> should equal "utf-16"
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.getEncoding with invalid encoding name throws`` () =
+    (fun () -> HttpEncodings.getEncoding "invalid-encoding-name" |> ignore)
+    |> should throw typeof<System.ArgumentException>
+
+[<Test>]
+let ``HttpEncodings.getEncoding with invalid codepage number throws`` () =
+    (fun () -> HttpEncodings.getEncoding "99999" |> ignore)
+    |> should throw typeof<System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException>
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