--- /dev/null
+#!perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use FindBin;
+use lib "$FindBin::Bin/../lib";
+
+our $iters;
+
+use Test::More tests => 2;
+use Catalyst::Test 'TestApp';
+
+{
+ my $response = request('http://localhost/moose/get_attribute');
+ ok($response->is_success);
+ is($response->content, '42', 'attribute default values get set correctly');
+}
--- /dev/null
+package TestApp::Controller::Moose;
+
+use Moose;
+
+use namespace::clean -except => 'meta';
+
+BEGIN { extends qw/Catalyst::Controller/; }
+
+has attribute => (
+ is => 'ro',
+ default => 42,
+);
+
+sub get_attribute : Local {
+ my ($self, $c) = @_;
+ $c->response->body($self->attribute);
+}
+
+1;