diff --git a/tests_new/integration/destructive.yml b/tests_new/integration/destructive.yml
index cb455b6fa7..8d0b11c6ac 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/destructive.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/destructive.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@
     - { role: test_pip, tags: test_pip }
     - { role: test_gem, tags: test_gem }
     - { role: test_yum, tags: test_yum }
+    - { role: test_apt, tags: test_apt }
 
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/meta/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07faa21776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - prepare_tests
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/tasks/apt.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/tasks/apt.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85e002e101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/tasks/apt.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# UNINSTALL
+- name: uninstall wget with apt
+  apt: pkg=wget state=absent purge=yes 
+  register: apt_result
+
+- name: check wget with dpkg
+  shell: dpkg --get-selections | fgrep wget
+  failed_when: False
+  register: dpkg_result
+
+- debug: var=apt_result
+- debug: var=dpkg_result
+
+- name: verify uninstallation of wget
+  assert:
+    that: 
+        - "'changed' in apt_result"
+        - "dpkg_result.rc == 1"
+
+# INSTALL
+- name: install wget with apt
+  apt: name=wget state=present
+  register: apt_result
+
+- name: check wget with dpkg
+  shell: dpkg --get-selections | fgrep wget
+  failed_when: False
+  register: dpkg_result
+
+- debug: var=apt_result
+- debug: var=dpkg_result
+
+- name: verify installation of wget
+  assert:
+    that: 
+        - "apt_result.changed"
+        - "dpkg_result.rc == 0"
+
+- name: verify apt module outputs
+  assert:
+    that:
+        - "'invocation' in apt_result"
+        - "'changed' in apt_result"
+        - "'item' in apt_result"
+        - "'stderr' in apt_result"
+        - "'stdout' in apt_result"        
+        - "'stdout_lines' in apt_result"        
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f2215f57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_apt/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# test code for the yum module
+# (c) 2014, James Tanner <tanner.jc@gmail.com>
+
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+- include: 'apt.yml'
+  when: ansible_distribution in ('Ubuntu', 'Debian')
+