diff --git a/tests/unit/components/builds-item-test.coffee b/tests/unit/components/builds-item-test.coffee
index c6214df8..d28a53f7 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/builds-item-test.coffee
+++ b/tests/unit/components/builds-item-test.coffee
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 `import { test, moduleForComponent } from 'ember-qunit'`
 
 moduleForComponent 'builds-item', {
-  # specify the other units that are required for this test
-  # needs: ['component:foo', 'helper:bar']
+  needs: ['helper:format-sha', 'helper:format-duration', 'helper:format-time',
+          'helper:format-message']
 }
 
 test 'it renders', (assert) ->
diff --git a/tests/unit/components/requests-item-test.coffee b/tests/unit/components/requests-item-test.coffee
index 7b8f38a9..985ccd18 100644
--- a/tests/unit/components/requests-item-test.coffee
+++ b/tests/unit/components/requests-item-test.coffee
@@ -1,17 +1,53 @@
 `import { test, moduleForComponent } from 'ember-qunit'`
 
 moduleForComponent 'requests-item', {
-  # specify the other units that are required for this test
-  # needs: ['component:foo', 'helper:bar']
+  needs: ['helper:format-message', 'helper:format-time', 'helper:github-commit-link']
 }
 
-test 'it renders', (assert) ->
-  assert.expect 2
+test 'it renders request data', (assert) ->
+  yesterday = new Date()
+  yesterday.setDate(yesterday.getDate() - 1)
 
-  # creates the component instance
-  component = @subject()
-  assert.equal component._state, 'preRender'
+  request = {
+    id: 1,
+    branchName: 'dev',
+    commit: {
+      sha: 'abcdef123',
+      message: 'Bam! :bomb:'
+    },
+    repo: {
+      slug: 'travis-ci/travis-ci'
+    },
+    build: {
+      number: 10
+    }
+    created_at: yesterday,
+    isAccepted: true
+  }
 
-  # renders the component to the page
+  component = @subject(request: request)
   @render()
-  assert.equal component._state, 'inDOM'
+
+  assert.equal component.$('.requests-branch').text().trim().replace(/[\s]+/, ' '),
+               'dev abcdef1'
+  assert.equal component.$('.requests-time').text().trim(), 'a day ago'
+  assert.ok component.$('.tile-status > .icon').hasClass('accepted'), 'icon should have accepted class'
+  assert.equal component.$('.requests-commit').text().trim(), 'Bam!'
+  assert.equal component.$('.requests-commit .emoji').length, 1, 'there should be an emoji icon in commit message'
+  assert.equal component.$('.requests-commit .emoji').attr('title'), ':bomb:'
+  assert.equal component.$('.requests-build a').text().trim(), '10', 'build number should be displayed'
+
+test 'it renders PR number if a request is a PR', (assert) ->
+  # creates the component instance
+  request = {
+    id: 1,
+    isPullRequest: true,
+    pullRequestNumber: 20,
+    build: null
+  }
+
+  component = @subject(request: request)
+  @render()
+
+  assert.equal component.$('.requests-branch').text().trim(), '#20'
+  assert.equal component.$('.requests-build').text().trim(), '-'