diff --git a/spec/v3/services/cron/delete_spec.rb b/spec/v3/services/cron/delete_spec.rb
index a39f8c0f..9db7c6b2 100644
--- a/spec/v3/services/cron/delete_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/v3/services/cron/delete_spec.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ describe Travis::API::V3::Services::Cron::Delete do
         "permission"          => "delete",
         "cron"                => {
             "@type"           => "cron",
-            "@href"           => "/cron/#{cron.id}",
+            "@href"           => "/v3/cron/#{cron.id}",
             "@representation" => "minimal",
             "id"              => cron.id }
     }}
diff --git a/spec/v3/services/crons/create_spec.rb b/spec/v3/services/crons/create_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..311fbdd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/v3/services/crons/create_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Travis::API::V3::Services::Crons::Create do
+  let(:repo) { Travis::API::V3::Models::Repository.where(owner_name: 'svenfuchs', name: 'minimal').first }
+  let(:last_cron) {Travis::API::V3::Models::Cron.where(repository_id: repo.id).last}
+  let(:current_cron) {Travis::API::V3::Models::Cron.where(repository_id: repo.id).last}
+  let(:token)   { Travis::Api::App::AccessToken.create(user: repo.owner, app_id: 1) }
+  let(:headers) {{ 'HTTP_AUTHORIZATION' => "token #{token}"                        }}
+  let(:parsed_body) { JSON.load(body) }
+
+  describe "creating a cron job" do
+    before     { last_cron }
+    before     { Travis::API::V3::Models::Permission.create(repository: repo, user: repo.owner, push: true) }
+    before     { post("/v3/repo/#{repo.id}/crons/create", {}, headers) }
+    example    { expect(current_cron == last_cron).to be_falsey }
+    example    { expect(last_response).to be_ok }
+    example    { expect(parsed_body).to be == {
+        "@type"               => "cron",
+        "@href"               => "/v3/cron/#{current_cron.id}",
+        "@representation"     => "standard",
+        "@permissions"        => {
+            "read"            => true,
+            "delete"          => true },
+        "id"                  => current_cron.id,
+        "repository"          => {
+            "@type"           => "repository",
+            "@href"           => "/v3/repo/#{repo.id}",
+            "@representation" => "minimal",
+            "id"              => repo.id,
+            "name"            => "minimal",
+            "slug"            => "svenfuchs/minimal" }
+    }}
+  end
+
+  describe "try creating a cron job without login" do
+    before     { post("/v3/repo/#{repo.id}/crons/create") }
+    example { expect(parsed_body).to be == {
+      "@type"         => "error",
+      "error_type"    => "login_required",
+      "error_message" => "login required"
+    }}
+  end
+
+  describe "try creating a cron job with a user without permissions" do
+    before     { Travis::API::V3::Models::Permission.create(repository: repo, user: repo.owner, push: false) }
+    before     { post("/v3/repo/#{repo.id}/crons/create", {}, headers) }
+    example    { expect(parsed_body).to be == {
+        "@type"               => "error",
+        "error_type"          => "insufficient_access",
+        "error_message"       => "operation requires create_cron access to repository",
+        "resource_type"       => "repository",
+        "permission"          => "create_cron",
+        "repository"          => {
+            "@type"           => "repository",
+            "@href"           => "/v3/repo/#{repo.id}",
+            "@representation" => "minimal",
+            "id"              => repo.id,
+            "name"            => "minimal",
+            "slug"            => "svenfuchs/minimal" }
+    }}
+  end
+
+  describe "creating cron on a non-existing repository by slug" do
+    before     { Travis::API::V3::Models::Permission.create(repository: repo, user: repo.owner, push: false) }
+    before     { post("/v3/repo/svenfuchs%2Fminimal1/crons/create", {}, headers)     }
+    example { expect(last_response).to be_not_found }
+    example { expect(parsed_body).to be == {
+      "@type"         => "error",
+      "error_type"    => "not_found",
+      "error_message" => "repository not found (or insufficient access)",
+      "resource_type" => "repository"
+    }}
+  end
+
+end