diff --git a/tests/notification/fixtures/group_request.xml b/tests/notification/fixtures/group_request.xml
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+++ b/tests/notification/fixtures/group_request.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<dataset>
+	<table name="phpbb_users">
+		<column>user_id</column>
+		<column>username</column>
+		<column>username_clean</column>
+		<column>user_permissions</column>
+		<column>user_sig</column>
+		<column>user_occ</column>
+		<column>user_interests</column>
+		<row>
+			<value>2</value>
+			<value>2</value>
+			<value>2</value>
+			<value></value>
+			<value></value>
+			<value></value>
+			<value></value>
+		</row>
+		<row>
+			<value>3</value>
+			<value>3</value>
+			<value>3</value>
+			<value></value>
+			<value></value>
+			<value></value>
+			<value></value>
+		</row>
+	</table>
+</dataset>
diff --git a/tests/notification/group_request_test.php b/tests/notification/group_request_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
+*
+*/
+
+require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/base.php';
+
+class phpbb_notification_group_request_test extends phpbb_tests_notification_base
+{
+	public function getDataSet()
+	{
+		return $this->createXMLDataSet(dirname(__FILE__) . '/fixtures/group_request.xml');
+	}
+
+	protected function get_notification_types()
+	{
+		return array_merge(
+			parent::get_notification_types(),
+			array(
+				'group_request',
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function test_notifications()
+	{
+		global $phpbb_root_path, $phpEx, $phpbb_dispatcher, $phpbb_log;
+
+		include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/utf/utf_tools.' . $phpEx);
+		include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_user.' . $phpEx);
+		include($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/functions_content.' . $phpEx);
+
+		set_config(false, false, false, $this->config);
+
+		$this->container->set('groupposition.legend', new phpbb_groupposition_legend(
+			$this->db,
+			$this->user
+		));
+		$this->container->set('groupposition.teampage', new phpbb_groupposition_teampage(
+			$this->db,
+			$this->user,
+			$this->cache->get_driver()
+		));
+		$phpbb_dispatcher = new phpbb_mock_event_dispatcher;
+		$phpbb_log = new phpbb_log_null();
+
+		$this->assertEquals(1, $this->notifications->get_notification_type_id('group_request'));
+
+		$group_id = false;
+		group_create($group_id, GROUP_OPEN, 'test', 'test group', array());
+
+		// Add user 1 as group leader
+		group_user_add($group_id, 2, false, false, false, true, false);
+
+		// Add notifications for group requests for user 1
+		//$this->notifications->add_subscription('group_request', 0, '', 2);
+
+		// Add user 2 as pending
+		group_user_add($group_id, 3, false, false, false, false, true);
+
+		$notifications = $this->notifications->load_notifications(array(
+			'count_unread'	=> true,
+			'user_id'		=> 2,
+		));
+
+		$expected = array(
+			1 => array(
+				'notification_type_id'	=> 1,
+				'item_id'				=> 3, // user_id of requesting join
+				'item_parent_id'		=> $group_id,
+				'user_id'	   			=> 2,
+				'notification_read'		=> 0,
+				'notification_data'	   	=> array(
+					'group_name'			=> 'test',
+				),
+			),
+		);
+
+		$this->assertEquals(sizeof($expected), $notifications['unread_count']);
+
+		$notifications = $notifications['notifications'];
+
+		foreach ($expected as $notification_id => $notification_data)
+		{
+			$this->assertEquals($notification_id, $notifications[$notification_id]->notification_id, 'notification_id');
+
+			foreach ($notification_data as $key => $value)
+			{
+				$this->assertEquals($value, $notifications[$notification_id]->$key, $key . ' ' . $notification_id);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}