diff --git a/test/test1.html b/test/test1.html
index b29589d2..5631971c 100644
--- a/test/test1.html
+++ b/test/test1.html
@@ -218,7 +218,32 @@
 		equals(svgCanvas.getPrivateMethods().toXml(">"), ">", "Escaped > properly");
 		equals(svgCanvas.getPrivateMethods().toXml("&"), "&", "Escaped & properly");
 		// TODO: what about " and ' ?
-	});	
+	});
+	
+	test("Test importing SVG into existing drawing", function() {
+		expect(3);
+		
+		var doc = svgCanvas.setSvgString('<svg width="640" height="480" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">'+
+											'<g><title>Layer 1</title>'+
+												'<circle cx="200" cy="200" r="50" fill="blue"/>'+
+												'<ellipse cx="300" cy="100" rx="40" ry="30" fill="green"/>'+
+											'</g>'+
+										'</svg>');
+		
+		svgCanvas.importSvgString('<svg width="100" height="100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">'+
+									'<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" fill="yellow"/>'+
+									'<rect width="20" height="20" fill="blue"/>'+
+								'</svg>');
+		
+		var svgcontent = document.getElementById("svgcontent"),
+			circles = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "circle"),
+			rects = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "rect"),
+			ellipses = svgcontent.getElementsByTagNameNS(svgns, "ellipse");
+		equals(circles.length, 2, "Found two circles upon importing");
+		equals(rects.length, 1, "Found one rectangle upon importing");
+		equals(ellipses.length, 1, "Found one ellipse upon importing");
+	});
+	
   }); 
   </script>  
 </head>