diff --git a/tests_new/integration/destructive.yml b/tests_new/integration/destructive.yml
index d3e0001d91..cb455b6fa7 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/destructive.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/destructive.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
     - { role: test_service, tags: test_service }
     - { role: test_pip, tags: test_pip }
     - { role: test_gem, tags: test_gem }
+    - { role: test_yum, tags: test_yum }
 
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml
index 599ddc726d..4b4c194412 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# test code for the git module
+# test code for the hg module
 # (c) 2014, James Tanner <tanner.jc@gmail.com>
 
 # This file is part of Ansible
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/meta/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07faa21776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - prepare_tests
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..472dfff8e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/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: 'yum.yml'
+  when: ansible_distribution in ('RHEL', 'CentOS', 'ScientificLinux', 'Fedora')
+
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/tasks/yum.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/tasks/yum.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80021cf2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_yum/tasks/yum.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# UNINSTALL
+- name: uninstall sos
+  yum: name=sos state=removed
+  register: yum_result
+
+- name: check sos with rpm
+  shell: rpm -q sos
+  failed_when: False
+  register: rpm_result
+
+- debug: var=yum_result
+- debug: var=rpm_result
+
+- name: verify uninstalltion of sos
+  assert:
+    that: 
+        - "yum_result.rc == 0"
+        - "rpm_result.rc == 1"
+
+# INSTALL
+- name: install sos
+  yum: name=sos state=present
+  register: yum_result
+
+- name: check sos with rpm
+  shell: rpm -q sos
+  failed_when: False
+  register: rpm_result
+
+- debug: var=yum_result
+- debug: var=rpm_result
+
+- name: verify installation of sos
+  assert:
+    that: 
+        - "yum_result.rc == 0"
+        - "yum_result.changed"
+        - "rpm_result.rc == 0"
+
+- name: verify yum module outputs
+  assert:
+    that:
+        - "'invocation' in yum_result"
+        - "'changed' in yum_result"
+        - "'item' in yum_result"
+        - "'msg' in yum_result"
+        - "'rc' in yum_result"
+        - "'results' in yum_result"
+