diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Test/Android.Graphics/GraphicsTest.cs b/src/Mono.Android/Test/Android.Graphics/GraphicsTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e05720869af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Test/Android.Graphics/GraphicsTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+
+using Android.Content;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace Android.GraphicsTests
+{
+	[TestFixture]
+	public class GraphicTest
+	{
+		[Test]
+		public void NinePatch ()
+		{
+			var d = Android.App.Application.Context.Resources.GetDrawable (Xamarin.Android.RuntimeTests.Resource.Drawable.image);
+			Assert.IsNotNull (d, "An image should have been retrieved.");
+			Assert.IsNotNull (d as Android.Graphics.Drawables.NinePatchDrawable, "The image should be a NinePatchDrawable.");
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Mono.Android/Test/Mono.Android-Tests.csproj b/src/Mono.Android/Test/Mono.Android-Tests.csproj
index e6e36efd7e7..f67d5626876 100644
--- a/src/Mono.Android/Test/Mono.Android-Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/Mono.Android/Test/Mono.Android-Tests.csproj
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Android.App\ApplicationTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Android.Content\IntentTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Android.Graphics\GraphicsTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Android.Runtime\CharSequenceTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Android.Runtime\JavaCollectionTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Android.Runtime\JnienvArrayMarshaling.cs" />
@@ -101,6 +102,9 @@
     <AndroidResource Include="Resources\xml\XmlReaderResourceParser.xml" />
     <AndroidResource Include="Resources\layout\FragmentFixup.axml" />
     <AndroidResource Include="Resources\layout\Main.axml" />
+    <AndroidResource Include="..\..\Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks\Tests\Xamarin.ProjectTools\Resources\Base\Image.9.png">
+      <Link>Resources\Drawable\Image.9.png</Link>
+    </AndroidResource>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Xamarin\Android\Xamarin.Android.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="Mono.Android-Tests.targets" />
@@ -126,4 +130,4 @@
       <ReferenceOutputAssembly>False</ReferenceOutputAssembly>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>