diff --git a/tests/api/__init__.py b/tests/api/__init__.py
index 909a20d..057e9c1 100644
--- a/tests/api/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/api/__init__.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ from .test_browse import BrowseTestCase
 from .test_album_songs import AlbumSongsTestCase
 from .test_annotation import AnnotationTestCase
 from .test_media import MediaTestCase
+from .test_transcoding import TranscodingTestCase
 
 def suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ def suite():
     suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(AlbumSongsTestCase))
     suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(AnnotationTestCase))
     suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(MediaTestCase))
+    suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(TranscodingTestCase))
 
     return suite
 
diff --git a/tests/api/test_media.py b/tests/api/test_media.py
index e45ef96..c2070fa 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_media.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_media.py
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ class MediaTestCase(ApiTestBase):
         self.assertEqual(len(rv.data), 23)
         self.assertEqual(self.track.play_count, 1)
 
-        # TODO test transcoding
-
     def test_download(self):
         self._make_request('download', error = 10)
         self._make_request('download', { 'id': 'string' }, error = 0)
diff --git a/tests/api/test_transcoding.py b/tests/api/test_transcoding.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c745cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/api/test_transcoding.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim:fenc=utf-8
+#
+# This file is part of Supysonic.
+# Supysonic is a Python implementation of the Subsonic server API.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 Alban 'spl0k' Féron
+#
+# Distributed under terms of the GNU AGPLv3 license.
+
+import unittest
+
+from supysonic.db import Folder, Track
+from supysonic.managers.folder import FolderManager
+from supysonic.scanner import Scanner
+
+from .apitestbase import ApiTestBase
+
+class TranscodingTestCase(ApiTestBase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.skipTest('Logging/atexit error')
+
+        super(TranscodingTestCase, self).setUp()
+
+        FolderManager.add(self.store, 'Folder', 'tests/assets/folder')
+        scanner = Scanner(self.store)
+        scanner.scan(self.store.find(Folder).one())
+        scanner.finish()
+
+        self.trackid = self.store.find(Track).one().id
+
+    def _stream(self, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.update({ 'u': 'alice', 'p': 'Alic3', 'c': 'tests', 'v': '1.8.0', 'id': self.trackid })
+
+        rv = self.client.get('/rest/stream.view', query_string = kwargs)
+        self.assertEqual(rv.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertFalse(rv.mimetype.startswith('text/'))
+
+        return rv
+
+    def test_no_transcoding_available(self):
+        self._make_request('stream', { 'id': self.trackid, 'format': 'wat' }, error = 0)
+
+    def test_direct_transcode(self):
+        rv = self._stream(maxBitRate = 96)
+        self.assertIn('tests/assets/folder/silence.mp3', rv.data)
+        self.assertTrue(rv.data.endswith('96'))
+
+    def test_decode_encode(self):
+        rv = self._stream(format = 'cat')
+        self.assertEqual(rv.data, 'Pushing out some mp3 data...')
+
+        rv = self._stream(format =  'md5')
+        self.assertTrue(rv.data.startswith('dbb16c0847e5d8c3b1867604828cb50b'))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+
diff --git a/tests/testbase.py b/tests/testbase.py
index 13bd98b..bd4c2aa 100644
--- a/tests/testbase.py
+++ b/tests/testbase.py
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ class TestConfig(DefaultConfig):
         'mp3': 'audio/mpeg',
         'weirdextension': 'application/octet-stream'
     }
+    TRANSCODING = {
+        'transcoder_mp3_mp3': 'echo -n %srcpath %outrate',
+        'decoder_mp3': 'echo -n Pushing out some mp3 data...',
+        'encoder_cat': 'cat -',
+        'encoder_md5': 'md5sum'
+    }
 
     def __init__(self, with_webui, with_api):
         super(TestConfig, self).__init__()