diff --git a/resource_docker_container_test.go b/resource_docker_container_test.go
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+++ b/resource_docker_container_test.go
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+package docker
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+)
+
+func TestAccDockerContainer_basic(t *testing.T) {
+	resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+		PreCheck:  func() { testAccPreCheck(t) },
+		Providers: testAccProviders,
+		Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+			resource.TestStep{
+				Config: testAccDockerContainerConfig,
+				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"docker_image.foo",
+						"latest",
+						"d0955f21bf24f5bfffd32d2d0bb669d0564701c271bc3dfc64cfc5adfdec2d07"),
+				),
+			},
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+const testAccDockerContainerConfig = `
+resource "docker_image" "foo" {
+	name = "ubuntu:trusty-20150320"
+}
+
+resource "docker_container" "foo" {
+	name = "tf-test"
+	image = "${docker_image.foo.latest}"
+}
+`