diff --git a/platform/commonUI/general/test/controllers/SelectorControllerSpec.js b/platform/commonUI/general/test/controllers/SelectorControllerSpec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30648a1d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/commonUI/general/test/controllers/SelectorControllerSpec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*global define,Promise,describe,it,expect,beforeEach,waitsFor,jasmine*/
+
+define(
+    ["../../src/controllers/SelectorController"],
+    function (SelectorController) {
+        "use strict";
+
+        describe("The controller for the 'selector' control", function () {
+            var mockObjectService,
+                mockScope,
+                controller;
+
+            function promiseOf(v) {
+                return (v || {}).then ? v : {
+                    then: function (callback) {
+                        return promiseOf(callback(v));
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                mockObjectService = jasmine.createSpyObj(
+                    'objectService',
+                    ['getObjects']
+                );
+                mockScope = jasmine.createSpyObj(
+                    '$scope',
+                    ['$watch', '$watchCollection']
+                );
+
+                mockObjectService.getObjects.andReturn(promiseOf({}));
+
+                controller = new SelectorController(
+                    mockObjectService,
+                    mockScope
+                );
+            });
+
+            it("loads the root object", function () {
+                expect(mockObjectService.getObjects)
+                    .toHaveBeenCalledWith(["ROOT"]);
+            });
+        });
+    }
+);
diff --git a/platform/commonUI/general/test/suite.json b/platform/commonUI/general/test/suite.json
index 58d94a4d95..e8c9674b44 100644
--- a/platform/commonUI/general/test/suite.json
+++ b/platform/commonUI/general/test/suite.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "controllers/ClickAwayController",
     "controllers/ContextMenuController",
     "controllers/GetterSetterController",
+    "controllers/SelectorController",
     "controllers/SplitPaneController",
     "controllers/ToggleController",
     "controllers/TreeNodeController",