diff --git a/node.cc b/node.cc
index 2eb189c390..e458775f0d 100644
--- a/node.cc
+++ b/node.cc
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   g->Set( String::New("log"), FunctionTemplate::New(LogCallback)->GetFunction());
 
   Init_timer(g);
-  Init_tcp(g);
+  //Init_tcp(g);
   Init_http(g);
 
   V8::SetFatalErrorHandler(OnFatalError);
diff --git a/test/common.rb b/test/common.rb
index 484b7bddd5..44f1ee64ce 100644
--- a/test/common.rb
+++ b/test/common.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ def assert(x, msg = "")
 end
 
 def assert_equal(x, y, msg = "")
-  assert(x == y, "#{x.inspect} != #{y.inspect} #{msg}")
+  raise("expected #{x.inspect} == #{y.inspect}. #{msg}") unless x == y
+end
+
+def assert_less_than(x, y, msg = "")
+  raise("expected #{x.inspect} < #{y.inspect}. #{msg}") unless x < y
 end
 
 def wait_for_server(host, port)
diff --git a/test/test_setTimeout.rb b/test/test_setTimeout.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7a0b0f08ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_setTimeout.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/common"
+
+prog = IO.popen("#{$node} #{$tf.path}")
+a = Time.now
+assert_equal("hello\n", prog.readpartial(100))
+b = Time.now
+assert_equal("world\n", prog.read(100))
+c = Time.now
+
+assert_less_than(b - a, 0.5) # startup time
+assert_less_than(1.5, c - b)
+
+__END__
+log("hello");
+setTimeout(function () { log("world"); }, 1500);