diff --git a/tests/unit/widget/index.html b/tests/unit/widget/index.html
index d33f51ad..9dfa476b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/widget/index.html
+++ b/tests/unit/widget/index.html
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
 	<title>jQuery Mobile Widget Test Suite</title>
 
+	<script src="../../../external/qunit.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../js/jquery.js"></script>
+	<script src="widget_init.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../js/"></script>
 
 	<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../external/qunit.css"/>
-	<script src="../../../external/qunit.js"></script>
 
 	<script src="widget_core.js"></script>
 </head>
@@ -34,6 +35,5 @@
 <div id="foo"  data-role="page">
 </div>
 
-
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tests/unit/widget/widget_init.js b/tests/unit/widget/widget_init.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2cd47073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/widget/widget_init.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/*
+ * mobile widget unit tests
+ */
+(function($){
+	var initFired = false;
+
+	module( 'jquery.mobile.widget.js' );
+
+	$( "#foo" ).live( 'pageinit', function(){
+		initFired = true;
+	});
+
+	test( "widget init event is fired after markup enhancement has taken place", function() {
+		ok( initFired );
+	});
+})( jQuery );
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