diff --git a/tests/functional/paging_test.php b/tests/functional/paging_test.php
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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package testing
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @group functional
+*/
+class phpbb_functional_paging_test extends phpbb_functional_test_case
+{
+
+	public function test_pagination()
+	{
+		$this->login();
+
+		$post = $this->create_topic(2, 'Test Topic 1', 'This is a test topic posted by the testing framework.');
+		for ($post_id = 1; $post_id < 20; $post_id++)
+		{
+			$this->create_post(2, $post['topic_id'], 'Re: Test Topic 1', 'This is a test post no' . $post_id . ' posted by the testing framework.');
+		}
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', "viewtopic.php?t={$post['topic_id']}&sid={$this->sid}");
+		$link = $crawler->filter('#viewtopic > fieldset > a')->attr('href');
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', $link);
+
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', "viewtopic.php?t={$post['topic_id']}&sid={$this->sid}&start=10");
+		$link = $crawler->filter('#viewtopic > fieldset > a')->attr('href');
+		$crawler = self::request('GET', $link);
+	}
+}