diff --git a/tests/AndroidManifest.xml b/tests/AndroidManifest.xml
index 279ddb4..21f77cf 100644
--- a/tests/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tests/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -28,12 +28,14 @@
         <meta-data android:name="android.app.cts.float" android:value="100.1" />
         <meta-data android:name="android.app.cts.reference" android:resource="@xml/metadata" />
     </permission>
-
+    
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_TASKS" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SET_TIME_ZONE" />
-    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CONTACTS" />        
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SOCIAL_STREAM" />    
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SOCIAL_STREAM" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_CALENDAR" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CALENDAR" />
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.DEVICE_POWER" />
diff --git a/tests/tests/provider/src/android/provider/cts/ContactsContract_StreamItemsTest.java b/tests/tests/provider/src/android/provider/cts/ContactsContract_StreamItemsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4a8fcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/provider/src/android/provider/cts/ContactsContract_StreamItemsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package android.provider.cts;
+
+import android.content.ContentProviderOperation;
+import android.content.ContentProviderResult;
+import android.content.ContentResolver;
+import android.content.ContentUris;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.provider.ContactsContract;
+import android.provider.ContactsContract.Data;
+import android.provider.ContactsContract.RawContacts;
+import android.provider.ContactsContract.StreamItems;
+import android.test.AndroidTestCase;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class ContactsContract_StreamItemsTest extends AndroidTestCase {
+
+    private ContentResolver mResolver;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        mResolver = mContext.getContentResolver();
+    }
+
+    public void testInsert_byContentUri() throws Exception {
+        String accountType = "com.android.cts";
+        String accountName = "ContactsContract_StreamItemsTest";
+
+        String text = "Wrote a test for the StreamItems class";
+        long timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        String comments = "1337 people reshared this";
+
+        // Create a contact with one stream item in it.
+        ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation> ops = new ArrayList<ContentProviderOperation>();
+
+        ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(RawContacts.CONTENT_URI)
+                .withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, accountType)
+                .withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, accountName)
+                .build());
+
+        ops.add(ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(StreamItems.CONTENT_URI)
+                .withValueBackReference(Data.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0)
+                .withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_TYPE, accountType)
+                .withValue(RawContacts.ACCOUNT_NAME, accountName)
+                .withValue(StreamItems.TEXT, text)
+                .withValue(StreamItems.TIMESTAMP, timestamp)
+                .withValue(StreamItems.COMMENTS, comments)
+                .build());
+
+        ContentProviderResult[] results = mResolver.applyBatch(ContactsContract.AUTHORITY, ops);
+        long rawContactId = ContentUris.parseId(results[0].uri);
+        assertTrue(rawContactId != -1);
+
+        Uri streamItemUri = results[1].uri;
+        long streamItemId = ContentUris.parseId(streamItemUri);
+        assertTrue(streamItemId != -1);
+
+        // Check that the provider returns the stream id in it's URI.
+        assertEquals(streamItemUri,
+                ContentUris.withAppendedId(StreamItems.CONTENT_URI, streamItemId));
+
+        // Check that the provider stored what we put into it.
+        Cursor cursor = mResolver.query(streamItemUri, null, null, null, null);
+        try {
+            assertTrue(cursor.moveToFirst());
+            assertEquals(text, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(StreamItems.TEXT)));
+            assertEquals(timestamp, cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndex(StreamItems.TIMESTAMP)));
+            assertEquals(comments, cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(StreamItems.COMMENTS)));
+        } finally {
+            cursor.close();
+        }
+    }
+}