diff --git a/test/common.rb b/test/common.rb
index 44f1ee64ce..94759627aa 100644
--- a/test/common.rb
+++ b/test/common.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-require 'net/http'
 require 'tempfile'
 
 $node = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../node")
diff --git a/test/test_clearTimeout.rb b/test/test_clearTimeout.rb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ed839abb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_clearTimeout.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/common"
+
+a = Time.now
+out = `#{$node} #{$tf.path}`
+b = Time.now
+assert_equal("hello\nworld\n", out)
+assert_less_than(b - a, 1) # startup time
+
+__END__
+log("hello");
+timeout1 = setTimeout(function () { log("world"); }, 500);
+timeout2 = setTimeout(function () { log("ryah"); }, 5000);
+clearTimeout(timeout2)
diff --git a/test/test_http_server_echo.rb b/test/test_http_server_echo.rb
index 7b5f8d476a..55c97cfba7 100755
--- a/test/test_http_server_echo.rb
+++ b/test/test_http_server_echo.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require 'net/http'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/common"
 
 pid = fork do