diff --git a/spec/btc_wire_proto_spec.rb b/spec/btc_wire_proto_spec.rb
index c22997d..ca4b6ff 100644
--- a/spec/btc_wire_proto_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/btc_wire_proto_spec.rb
@@ -259,6 +259,24 @@ describe ::BtcWireProto do
         
       end
     end
+    
+    context "Verack message" do
+      it "should have no payload" do
+        m = Message.new(:header => {:command => "verack"})
+        m.payload.selection.should == "null"
+      end
+
+      it "should parse the binary data correctly" do
+        m = Message::read(binary(%w{
+          F9 BE B4 D9 76 65 72 61 63 6B 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
+        }))
+        m.header.magic.should == BtcWireProto::NETWORKS[:main]
+        m.header.command.should == "verack\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+        m.header.payload_len.should == 0
+        m.header.has_parameter?(:chcksum).should be_false
+      end
+
+    end
   end
   
 end