diff --git a/karma.config.js b/karma.config.js
index 6a4bf4ab..5f9378f8 100644
--- a/karma.config.js
+++ b/karma.config.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 var webpackConfig = require('./webpack-base.config.js');
 // entry is determined by karma config 'files' array
+webpackConfig.devtool = 'inline-source-map'
 webpackConfig.entry = {};
 
 module.exports = function (config) {
diff --git a/src/modules/View/index.spec.js b/src/modules/View/index.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d58f4aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/View/index.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import assert from 'assert';
+import React from 'react/addons';
+
+import { ViewDefaultStyle } from './ViewStylePropTypes';
+import View from '.';
+
+const ReactTestUtils = React.addons.TestUtils;
+
+function shallowRender(component, context = {}) {
+  const shallowRenderer = React.addons.TestUtils.createRenderer();
+  shallowRenderer.render(component, context);
+  return shallowRenderer.getRenderOutput();
+}
+
+suite('View', () => {
+  test('defaults', () => {
+    const result = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<View />);
+    const root = React.findDOMNode(result);
+
+    assert.equal((root.tagName).toLowerCase(), 'div');
+  });
+
+  test('prop "children"', () => {
+    const children = 'children';
+    const result = shallowRender(<View>{children}</View>);
+
+    assert.equal(result.props.children, children);
+  });
+
+  test('prop "className"', () => {
+    const className = 'className';
+    const result = shallowRender(<View className={className} />);
+
+    assert.ok(
+      (result.props.className).indexOf(className) > -1,
+      '"className" was not transferred'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('prop "component"', () => {
+    const type = 'a';
+    const result = ReactTestUtils.renderIntoDocument(<View component={type} />);
+    const root = React.findDOMNode(result);
+
+    assert.equal(
+      (root.tagName).toLowerCase(),
+      type,
+      '"component" did not produce the correct DOM node type'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('prop "pointerEvents"', () => {
+    const result = shallowRender(<View pointerEvents="box-only" />);
+
+    assert.equal(
+      result.props.style.pointerEvents,
+      'box-only'
+    );
+  });
+
+  test('prop "style"', () => {
+    const initial = shallowRender(<View />);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      initial.props.style,
+      ViewDefaultStyle,
+      'default "style" is incorrect'
+    );
+
+    const unsupported = shallowRender(<View style={{ unsupported: 'true' }} />);
+    assert.deepEqual(
+      unsupported.props.style.unsupported,
+      null,
+      'unsupported "style" properties must not be transferred'
+    );
+  });
+});