diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 120cd33d..6c3528cd 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ include("test_defaults.jl")
 include("test_axes.jl")
 include("test_axis_letter.jl")
 include("test_components.jl")
+include("test_shorthands.jl")
 include("test_recipes.jl")
 include("test_hdf5plots.jl")
 include("test_pgfplotsx.jl")
diff --git a/test/test_shorthands.jl b/test/test_shorthands.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..891c0c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_shorthands.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+using Plots, Test
+
+@testset "Shorthands" begin
+    @testset "Set Lims" begin
+        p = plot(rand(10))
+
+        xlims!((1,20))
+        @test xlims(p) == (1,20)
+
+        ylims!((-1,1))
+        @test ylims(p) == (-1,1)
+
+        zlims!((-1,1))
+        @test zlims(p) == (-1,1)
+
+        xlims!(-1,11)
+        @test xlims(p) == (-1,11)
+
+        ylims!((-10,10))
+        @test ylims(p) == (-10,10)
+
+        zlims!((-10,10))
+        @test zlims(p) == (-10,10)
+    end
+
+    @testset "Set Ticks" begin
+        p = plot([0,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10])
+
+        xticks = 2:6
+        xticks!(xticks)
+        @test Plots.get_subplot(current(),1).attr[:xaxis][:ticks] == xticks
+
+        yticks = 0.2:0.1:0.7
+        yticks!(yticks)
+        @test Plots.get_subplot(current(),1).attr[:yaxis][:ticks] == yticks
+
+        xticks = [5,6,7.5]
+        xlabels = ["a","b","c"]
+
+        xticks!(xticks, xlabels)
+        @test Plots.get_subplot(current(),1).attr[:xaxis][:ticks] == (xticks, xlabels)
+
+        yticks = [.5,.6,.75]
+        ylabels = ["z","y","x"]
+        yticks!(yticks, ylabels)
+        @test Plots.get_subplot(current(),1).attr[:yaxis][:ticks] == (yticks, ylabels)
+    end
+end