diff --git a/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip.html b/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip.html
index 2c9667ff5..ca5a1239a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip.html
+++ b/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	<input title="inputtitle">
 	<span id="multiple-describedby" aria-describedby="fixture-span" title="...">aria-describedby</span>
 	<span id="fixture-span" title="title-text">span</span>
-	<span id="contains-tooltipped"><span id="contained-tooltipped" title="foobar">baz</span></span>
+	<span id="contains-tooltipped" title="parent"><span id="contained-tooltipped" title="child">baz</span></span>
 </div>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip_core.js b/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip_core.js
index 06fb194cd..6e9bee208 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/tooltip/tooltip_core.js
@@ -57,4 +57,20 @@ test( "delegated removal", function() {
 	equal( $( ".ui-tooltip" ).length, 0 );
 });
 
+test( "nested tooltips", function() {
+	expect( 2 );
+
+	var child = $( "#contained-tooltipped" ),
+		parent = $( "#contains-tooltipped" ).tooltip({
+			show: null,
+			hide: null
+		});
+
+	parent.trigger( "mouseover" );
+	equal( $( ".ui-tooltip:visible" ).text(), "parent" );
+
+	child.trigger( "mouseover" );
+	equal( $( ".ui-tooltip" ).text(), "child" );
+});
+
 }( jQuery ) );