diff --git a/test/PredisShared.php b/test/PredisShared.php
index e22e84c7..14fa4c1d 100644
--- a/test/PredisShared.php
+++ b/test/PredisShared.php
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class RC {
     private static $_connection;
 
     private static function createConnection() {
-        $connection = new Predis\Client(array('host' => RC::SERVER_HOST, 'port' => RC::SERVER_PORT));
+        $serverProfile = new Predis\RedisServer__Futures();
+        $connection = new Predis\Client(array('host' => RC::SERVER_HOST, 'port' => RC::SERVER_PORT), $serverProfile);
         $connection->connect();
         $connection->selectDatabase(RC::DEFAULT_DATABASE);
         return $connection;
@@ -45,6 +46,22 @@ class RC {
         }
     }
 
+    public static function helperForBlockingPops($op) {
+        // TODO: I admit that this helper is kinda lame and it does not run 
+        //       in a separate process to properly test BLPOP/BRPOP
+        $redisUri = sprintf('redis://%s:%d/?database=%d', RC::SERVER_HOST, RC::SERVER_PORT, RC::DEFAULT_DATABASE);
+        $handle = popen('php', 'w');
+        fwrite($handle, "<?php
+        require '../lib/Predis.php';
+        \$redis = Predis\Client::create('$redisUri');
+        \$redis->rpush('{$op}1', 'a');
+        \$redis->rpush('{$op}2', 'b');
+        \$redis->rpush('{$op}3', 'c');
+        \$redis->rpush('{$op}1', 'd');
+        ?>");
+        pclose($handle);
+    }
+
     public static function getArrayOfNumbers() {
         return array(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);
     }
diff --git a/test/RedisCommandsTest.php b/test/RedisCommandsTest.php
index ed637df0..2c050ebc 100644
--- a/test/RedisCommandsTest.php
+++ b/test/RedisCommandsTest.php
@@ -535,6 +535,60 @@ class RedisCommandTestSuite extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase {
         });
     }
 
+    function testListBlockingPopFirst() {
+        // TODO: this test does not cover all the aspects of BLPOP/BRPOP as it 
+        //       does not run with a concurrent client pushing items on lists. 
+        RC::helperForBlockingPops('blpop');
+
+        // BLPOP on one key
+        $start = time();
+        $item = $this->redis->blpop('blpop3', 5);
+        $this->assertEquals((float)(time() - $start), 0, '', 1);
+        $this->assertEquals($item, array('blpop3', 'c'));
+
+        // BLPOP on more than one key
+        $poppedItems = array();
+        while ($item = $this->redis->blpop('blpop1', 'blpop2', 1)) {
+            $poppedItems[] = $item;
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            array(array('blpop1', 'a'), array('blpop1', 'd'), array('blpop2', 'b')),
+            $poppedItems
+        );
+
+        // check if BLPOP timeouts as expected on empty lists
+        $start = time();
+        $this->redis->blpop('blpop4', 2);
+        $this->assertEquals((float)(time() - $start), 2, '', 1);
+    }
+
+    function testListBlockingPopLast() {
+        // TODO: this test does not cover all the aspects of BLPOP/BRPOP as it 
+        //       does not run with a concurrent client pushing items on lists. 
+        RC::helperForBlockingPops('brpop');
+
+        // BRPOP on one key
+        $start = time();
+        $item = $this->redis->brpop('brpop3', 5);
+        $this->assertEquals((float)(time() - $start), 0, '', 1);
+        $this->assertEquals($item, array('brpop3', 'c'));
+
+        // BRPOP on more than one key
+        $poppedItems = array();
+        while ($item = $this->redis->brpop('brpop1', 'brpop2', 1)) {
+            $poppedItems[] = $item;
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            array(array('brpop1', 'd'), array('brpop1', 'a'), array('brpop2', 'b')),
+            $poppedItems
+        );
+
+        // check if BRPOP timeouts as expected on empty lists
+        $start = time();
+        $this->redis->brpop('brpop4', 2);
+        $this->assertEquals((float)(time() - $start), 2, '', 1);
+    }
+
 
     /* commands operating on sets */