diff --git a/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/SessionComponentTest.php b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/SessionComponentTest.php
index 87020c9..f335e3e 100644
--- a/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/SessionComponentTest.php
+++ b/tests/Ratchet/Tests/Component/Session/SessionComponentTest.php
@@ -3,17 +3,15 @@ namespace Ratchet\Tests\Component\Session;
 use Ratchet\Component\Session\SessionComponent;
 use Ratchet\Tests\Mock\NullMessageComponent;
 use Ratchet\Tests\Mock\MemorySessionHandler;
+use Ratchet\Resource\Connection;
+use Ratchet\Tests\Mock\FakeSocket;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler\PdoSessionHandler;
+use Guzzle\Http\Message\Request;
 
 /**
  * @covers Ratchet\Component\Session\SessionComponent
  */
 class SessionComponentTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
-    protected $_app;
-
-    public function setUp() {
-//        $this->app = new SessionComponent
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return bool
      */
@@ -44,9 +42,38 @@ class SessionComponentTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals($out, $method->invokeArgs($component, array($in)));
     }
 
-/* Put this in test methods that require Symfony
+    /**
+     * I think I have severly butchered this test...it's not so much of a unit test as it is a full-fledged component test
+     */
+    public function testConnectionValueFromPdo() {
         if (false === $this->checkSymfonyPresent()) {
-            return $this->markTestSkipped('Symfony HttpFoundation not loaded');
+            return $this->markTestSkipped('Dependency of Symfony HttpFoundation failed');
         }
-*/
+
+        $sessionId = md5('testSession');
+
+        $dbOptions = array(
+            'db_table'    => 'sessions'
+          , 'db_id_col'   => 'sess_id'
+          , 'db_data_col' => 'sess_data'
+          , 'db_time_col' => 'sess_time'
+        );
+
+        $pdo = new \PDO("sqlite::memory:");
+        $pdo->exec(vsprintf("CREATE TABLE %s (%s VARCHAR(255) PRIMARY KEY, %s TEXT, %s INTEGER)", $dbOptions));
+        $pdo->prepare(vsprintf("INSERT INTO %s (%s, %s, %s) VALUES (?, ?, ?)", $dbOptions))->execute(array($sessionId, base64_encode('_sf2_attributes|a:2:{s:5:"hello";s:5:"world";s:4:"last";i:1332872102;}_sf2_flashes|a:0:{}'), time()));
+
+        $component  = new SessionComponent(new NullMessageComponent, new PdoSessionHandler($pdo, $dbOptions), array('auto_start' => 1));
+        $connection = new Connection(new FakeSocket);
+
+        $headers = $this->getMock('Guzzle\\Http\\Message\\Request', array('getCookie'), array('POST', '/', array()));
+        $headers->expects($this->once())->method('getCookie', array(ini_get('session.name')))->will($this->returnValue($sessionId));
+
+        $connection->WebSocket          = new \StdClass;
+        $connection->WebSocket->headers = $headers;
+
+        $component->onOpen($connection);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('world', $connection->Session->get('hello'));
+    }
 }
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