diff --git a/test/compass_test.rb b/test/compass_test.rb
index eb155b15..4d570fed 100644
--- a/test/compass_test.rb
+++ b/test/compass_test.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class CompassTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def teardown
-    teardown_fixtures :blueprint, :empty, :compass, :image_urls
+    teardown_fixtures :blueprint, :empty, :compass, :image_urls, :relative
   end
 
   def teardown_fixtures(*project_names)
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ class CompassTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_image_urls
+    within_project('relative') do |proj|
+      each_css_file(proj.css_path) do |css_file|
+        assert_no_errors css_file, 'relative'
+      end
+      assert_renders_correctly :screen
+    end
+  end
+
 private
   def assert_no_errors(css_file, project_name)
     file = css_file[(tempfile_path(project_name).size+1)..-1]
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/assets/images/testing.png b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/assets/images/testing.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/config.rb b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf580a54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Require any additional compass plugins here.
+css_dir = "tmp"
+sass_dir = "sass"
+images_dir = "assets/images"
+javascripts_dir = "assets/javascripts"
+# Set this to the root of your project when deployed:
+http_path = "/"
+# To enable relative paths to assets via compass helper functions. Uncomment:
+relative_assets = true
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/ie.css b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/ie.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a46809e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/ie.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* Welcome to Compass. Use this file to write IE specific override styles. Import this file using the following HTML or equivalent: <!--[if IE]>   <link href="/stylesheets/ie.css" media="screen, projection" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <![endif]--> */
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/print.css b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/print.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a6606ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/print.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/* Welcome to Compass. Use this file to define print styles. Import this file using the following HTML or equivalent: <link href="/stylesheets/print.css" media="print" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> */
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/screen.css b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/screen.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..126d8932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/css/screen.css
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+test { background: url('../assets/images/testing.png?1258702388'); }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/ie.sass b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/ie.sass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b38d08b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/ie.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+  Welcome to Compass. Use this file to write IE specific override styles.
+  Import this file using the following HTML or equivalent:
+  <!--[if IE]>
+    <link href="/stylesheets/ie.css" media="screen, projection" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+  <![endif]-->
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/print.sass b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/print.sass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34991cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/print.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+  Welcome to Compass. Use this file to define print styles.
+  Import this file using the following HTML or equivalent:
+  <link href="/stylesheets/print.css" media="print" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+  
+
diff --git a/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/screen.sass b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/screen.sass
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cba1ea72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/stylesheets/relative/sass/screen.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+test
+  background= image_url("testing.png")