diff --git a/test/unit/test_http_connector.js b/test/unit/test_http_connector.js
index 0710c8436..851de995c 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_http_connector.js
+++ b/test/unit/test_http_connector.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
   var nock = require('nock');
   var sinon = require('sinon');
   var util = require('util');
+  var KeepAliveAgent = require('agentkeepalive');
 
   var http = require('http');
   var https = require('https');
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
       // requestTimeout
     });
 
-    it('expects one the host to have a protocol of http or https', function () {
+    it('expects the host to have a protocol of http or https', function () {
       (function () {
         var con = new HttpConnection(new Host('thrifty://es.com/stuff'));
       }).should.throw(/invalid protocol/i);
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
       con.request({}, function () {
         http.request.callCount.should.eql(1);
         https.request.callCount.should.eql(0);
+        http.request.lastCall.args[0].agent.should.be.an.instanceOf(KeepAliveAgent);
         done();
       });
     });
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ describe('Http Connector', function () {
       con.request({}, function () {
         http.request.callCount.should.eql(0);
         https.request.callCount.should.eql(1);
+        https.request.lastCall.args[0].agent.should.be.an.instanceOf(KeepAliveAgent.HttpsAgent);
         done();
       });
     });