diff --git a/src/wormhole/test/dilate/test_connect.py b/src/wormhole/test/dilate/test_connect.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..005510a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wormhole/test/dilate/test_connect.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import re
+import mock
+from twisted.internet import reactor
+from twisted.trial import unittest
+from twisted.internet.task import Cooperator
+from twisted.internet.defer import inlineCallbacks
+from zope.interface import implementer
+
+from ... import _interfaces
+from ...eventual import EventualQueue
+from ..._dilation import manager
+
+
+@implementer(_interfaces.ISend)
+class MySend(object):
+    def __init__(self, side):
+        self.rx_phase = 0
+        self.side = side
+    def send(self, phase, plaintext):
+        #print("SEND[%s]" % self.side, phase, plaintext)
+        self.peer.got(phase, plaintext)
+    def got(self, phase, plaintext):
+        d_mo = re.search(r'^dilate-(\d+)$', phase)
+        p = int(d_mo.group(1))
+        assert p == self.rx_phase
+        self.rx_phase += 1
+        self.dilator.received_dilate(plaintext)
+
+class Connect(unittest.TestCase):
+    @inlineCallbacks
+    def test1(self):
+        #print()
+        send_left = MySend("left")
+        send_right = MySend("right")
+        send_left.peer = send_right
+        send_right.peer = send_left
+        key = b"\x00"*32
+        eq = EventualQueue(reactor)
+        cooperator = Cooperator(scheduler=eq.eventually)
+
+        d_left = manager.Dilator(reactor, eq, cooperator, no_listen=True)
+        d_left.wire(send_left)
+        d_left.got_key(key)
+        d_left.got_wormhole_versions({"can-dilate": ["1"]})
+        send_left.dilator = d_left
+
+        d_right = manager.Dilator(reactor, eq, cooperator)
+        d_right.wire(send_right)
+        d_right.got_key(key)
+        d_right.got_wormhole_versions({"can-dilate": ["1"]})
+        send_right.dilator = d_right
+
+        with mock.patch("wormhole._dilation.connector.ipaddrs.find_addresses",
+                        return_value=["127.0.0.1"]):
+            eps_left_d = d_left.dilate()
+            eps_right_d = d_right.dilate()
+
+        eps_left = yield eps_left_d
+        eps_right = yield eps_right_d
+
+        #print("left connected", eps_left)
+        #print("right connected", eps_right)
+
+        control_ep_left, connect_ep_left, listen_ep_left = eps_left
+        control_ep_right, connect_ep_right, listen_ep_right = eps_right
+
+        #control_ep_left.connect(
+
+        # we shut down with w.close(), which calls Dilator.stop(), which
+        # calls manager.stop()
+        yield d_left.stop()
+        yield d_right.stop()
+