diff --git a/integrations/internal/utils/utils.go b/integrations/internal/utils/utils.go
index 511fa478b9..e8380df39e 100644
--- a/integrations/internal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/integrations/internal/utils/utils.go
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ package utils
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
+	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -123,3 +125,32 @@ func (t *T) RunTest(tests ...func(*T) error) (err error) {
 	// Note that the return value 'err' may be updated by the 'defer' statement before despite it's returning nil here.
 	return nil
 }
+
+// GetAndPost provides a convenient helper function for testing an HTTP endpoint with GET and POST method.
+// The function sends GET first and then POST with the given form.
+func GetAndPost(url string, form map[string][]string) error {
+	var err error
+	var r *http.Response
+
+	r, err = http.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+
+	if r.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("GET '%s': %s", url, r.Status)
+	}
+
+	r, err = http.PostForm(url, form)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer r.Body.Close()
+
+	if r.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("POST '%s': %s", url, r.Status)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/integrations/signup_test.go b/integrations/signup_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c317b88d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integrations/signup_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright 2017 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations/internal/utils"
+)
+
+var signupFormSample map[string][]string = map[string][]string{
+	"Name":   []string{"tester"},
+	"Email":  []string{"user1@example.com"},
+	"Passwd": []string{"12345678"},
+}
+
+func signup(t *utils.T) error {
+	return utils.GetAndPost("http://:"+ServerHTTPPort+"/user/sign_up", signupFormSample)
+}
+
+func TestSignup(t *testing.T) {
+	conf := utils.Config{
+		Program: "../gitea",
+		WorkDir: "",
+		Args:    []string{"web", "--port", ServerHTTPPort},
+		LogFile: os.Stderr,
+	}
+
+	if err := utils.New(t, &conf).RunTest(install, signup); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}