diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
index 38a3baf..24c36cf 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import time
 import unittest
 import xmlrpclib
+import SimpleXMLRPCServer
+import threading
 from test import test_support
 
 try:
@@ -288,10 +290,108 @@
         self.assertEqual(str(t2), d)
 
 
-def test_main():
-    test_support.run_unittest(XMLRPCTestCase, HelperTestCase,
-            DateTimeTestCase, BinaryTestCase, FaultTestCase)
+PORT = None
 
+def http_server(evt, numrequests):
+    class TestInstanceClass:
+        def div(self, x, y):
+            '''This is the div function'''
+            return x // y
+
+
+    serv = SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 0),
+                    logRequests=False, bind_and_activate=False)
+
+    try:
+        serv.socket.settimeout(3)
+        serv.server_bind()
+        global PORT
+        PORT = serv.socket.getsockname()[1]
+        serv.server_activate()
+        serv.register_introspection_functions()
+        serv.register_multicall_functions()
+        serv.register_function(pow)
+        serv.register_function(lambda x,y: x+y, 'add')
+        serv.register_instance(TestInstanceClass())
+
+        # handle up to 'numrequests' requests
+        while numrequests > 0:
+            serv.handle_request()
+            numrequests -= 1
+
+    except socket.timeout:
+        pass
+    finally:
+        serv.socket.close()
+        PORT = None
+        evt.set()
+
+
+class HTTPTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.evt = threading.Event()
+        # start server thread to handle just one request
+        threading.Thread(target=http_server, args=(self.evt,2)).start()
+
+        # wait for port to be assigned to server
+        n = 1000
+        while n > 0 and PORT is None:
+            time.sleep(0.001)
+            n -= 1
+
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # wait on the server thread to terminate
+        self.evt.wait()
+
+    def test_simple1(self):
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:%d' % PORT)
+        self.assertEqual(p.pow(6,8), 6**8)
+
+    def test_introspection1(self):
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:%d' % PORT)
+        meth = p.system.listMethods()
+        expected_methods = set(['pow', 'div', 'add', 'system.listMethods',
+            'system.methodHelp', 'system.methodSignature', 'system.multicall'])
+        self.assertEqual(set(meth), expected_methods)
+
+    def test_introspection2(self):
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:%d' % PORT)
+        divhelp = p.system.methodHelp('div')
+        self.assertEqual(divhelp, 'This is the div function')
+
+    def test_introspection3(self):
+        # the SimpleXMLRPCServer doesn't support signatures, but
+        # at least check that we can try
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:%d' % PORT)
+        divsig = p.system.methodSignature('div')
+        self.assertEqual(divsig, 'signatures not supported')
+
+    def test_multicall(self):
+        p = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:%d' % PORT)
+        multicall = xmlrpclib.MultiCall(p)
+        multicall.add(2,3)
+        multicall.pow(6,8)
+        multicall.div(127,42)
+        add_result, pow_result, div_result = multicall()
+        self.assertEqual(add_result, 2+3)
+        self.assertEqual(pow_result, 6**8)
+        self.assertEqual(div_result, 127//42)
+
+
+def test_main():
+    xmlrpc_tests = [XMLRPCTestCase, HelperTestCase, DateTimeTestCase,
+         BinaryTestCase, FaultTestCase]
+
+    # The test cases against a SimpleXMLRPCServer raise a socket error
+    # 10035 (WSAEWOULDBLOCK) in the server thread handle_request call when
+    # run on Windows. This only happens on the first test to run, but it
+    # fails every time and so these tests are skipped on win32 platforms.
+    if sys.platform != 'win32':
+        xmlrpc_tests.append(HTTPTestCase)
+
+    test_support.run_unittest(*xmlrpc_tests)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test_main()