diff --git a/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml b/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
index f09dd28967..8c5fb2d7e4 100644
--- a/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
+++ b/tests_new/integration/non_destructive.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@
     - { role: test_synchronize, tags: test_synchronize }
     - { role: test_subversion, tags: test_subversion }
     - { role: test_git, tags: test_git }
+    - { role: test_hg, tags: test_hg }
 
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/meta/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1050c23ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies: 
+  - prepare_tests
+
diff --git a/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..599ddc726d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests_new/integration/roles/test_hg/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# test code for the git 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/>.
+
+- name: set where to extract the repo
+  set_fact: checkout_dir={{ output_dir }}/epdb
+
+- name: set what repo to use
+  set_fact: repo=https://bitbucket.org/rpathsync/epdb
+
+- name: clean out the output_dir
+  shell: rm -rf {{ output_dir }}/*
+
+- name: verify that mercurial is installed so this test can continue
+  shell: which hg
+
+- name: initial checkout
+  hg: repo={{ repo }} dest={{ checkout_dir }}
+  register: hg_result
+
+- debug: var=hg_result
+
+#- shell: ls ~/ansible_testing/epdb
+- shell: ls {{ checkout_dir }}
+
+- name: verify information about the initial clone
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "'before' in hg_result"
+      - "'after' in hg_result"
+      - "not hg_result.before"
+      - "hg_result.changed"      
+
+- name: repeated checkout
+  hg: repo={{ repo }} dest={{ checkout_dir }}
+  register: hg_result2
+
+- debug: var=hg_result2
+
+- name: check for tags
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/.hgtags
+  register: tags
+
+- name: check for HEAD
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/.hg/cache/branchheads
+  register: head
+
+- name: check for remotes
+  stat: path={{ checkout_dir }}/.hg/branch
+  register: branches
+
+- name: assert presense of tags/trunk/branches
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "tags.stat.isreg"
+      - "head.stat.isreg"
+      - "branches.stat.isreg"
+
+- name: verify on a reclone things are marked unchanged
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "not hg_result2.changed"
+
+
+
+