diff --git a/tests/unit/__init__.py b/tests/unit/__init__.py
index 7b6a67dc..b47a3e6e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/unit/__init__.py
@@ -283,5 +283,5 @@ def page_of_users(include_next_link=False):
     "first_sent_at": 1410335293,
     "created_at": 1410335293,
     "links": {},
-    "self": None
+    "self": "http://example.com/resource/url/"
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_notification.py b/tests/unit/test_notification.py
index 537205ca..4c4c0f65 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_notification.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_notification.py
@@ -81,3 +81,8 @@ def it_returns_inner_user_object_with_nil_tags(self):
         }
         payload = Notification(**user_notification)
         eq_(payload.model.tags, [])
+
+    @istest
+    def it_has_self_attribute(self):
+        payload = Notification(**test_conversation_notification)
+        eq_('http://example.com/resource/url/', payload.self)