diff --git a/platform/core/test/capabilities/ContextCapabilitySpec.js b/platform/core/test/capabilities/ContextCapabilitySpec.js
index c256852d26..87de398c98 100644
--- a/platform/core/test/capabilities/ContextCapabilitySpec.js
+++ b/platform/core/test/capabilities/ContextCapabilitySpec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,53 @@ define(
     function (ContextCapability) {
         "use strict";
 
+        var DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS = [
+            "getId",
+            "getModel",
+            "getCapability",
+            "hasCapability",
+            "useCapability"
+        ];
+
         describe("The context capability", function () {
+            var mockDomainObject,
+                mockParent,
+                mockGrandparent,
+                mockContext,
+                context;
+
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                mockDomainObject = jasmine.createSpyObj("domainObject", DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS);
+                mockParent = jasmine.createSpyObj("parent", DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS);
+                mockGrandparent = jasmine.createSpyObj("grandparent", DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS);
+                mockContext = jasmine.createSpyObj("context", [ "getParent", "getRoot", "getPath" ]);
+
+                mockParent.getCapability.andReturn(mockContext);
+                mockContext.getParent.andReturn(mockGrandparent);
+                mockContext.getRoot.andReturn(mockGrandparent);
+                mockContext.getPath.andReturn([mockGrandparent, mockParent]);
+
+                context = new ContextCapability(mockParent, mockDomainObject);
+            });
+
+            it("allows an object's parent to be retrieved", function () {
+                expect(context.getParent()).toEqual(mockParent);
+            });
+
+            it("allows an object's full ancestry to be retrieved", function () {
+                expect(context.getPath()).toEqual([mockGrandparent, mockParent, mockDomainObject]);
+            });
+
+            it("allows the deepest ancestor of an object to be retrieved", function () {
+                expect(context.getRoot()).toEqual(mockGrandparent);
+            });
+
+            it("treats ancestors with no context capability as deepest ancestors", function () {
+                mockParent.getCapability.andReturn(undefined);
+                expect(context.getPath()).toEqual([mockParent, mockDomainObject]);
+                expect(context.getRoot()).toEqual(mockParent);
+            });
+
 
         });
     }
diff --git a/platform/core/test/capabilities/ContextualDomainObjectSpec.js b/platform/core/test/capabilities/ContextualDomainObjectSpec.js
index a5959be83d..0968fc81d2 100644
--- a/platform/core/test/capabilities/ContextualDomainObjectSpec.js
+++ b/platform/core/test/capabilities/ContextualDomainObjectSpec.js
@@ -8,7 +8,55 @@ define(
     function (ContextualDomainObject) {
         "use strict";
 
+
+        var DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS = [
+            "getId",
+            "getModel",
+            "getCapability",
+            "hasCapability",
+            "useCapability"
+        ];
+
         describe("A contextual domain object", function () {
+            var mockParent,
+                mockDomainObject,
+                model,
+                contextualDomainObject;
+
+
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                mockParent = jasmine.createSpyObj("parent", DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS);
+                mockDomainObject = jasmine.createSpyObj("parent", DOMAIN_OBJECT_METHODS);
+
+                model = { someKey: "some value" };
+
+                mockDomainObject.getCapability.andReturn("some capability");
+                mockDomainObject.getModel.andReturn(model);
+
+                contextualDomainObject = new ContextualDomainObject(
+                    mockDomainObject,
+                    mockParent
+                );
+            });
+
+
+            it("adds a context capability to a domain object", function () {
+                var context = contextualDomainObject.getCapability('context');
+
+                // Expect something that looks like a context capability
+                expect(context).toBeDefined();
+                expect(context.getPath).toBeDefined();
+                expect(context.getRoot).toBeDefined();
+                expect(context.getParent()).toEqual(mockParent);
+            });
+
+
+            it("does not shadow other domain object methods", function () {
+                expect(contextualDomainObject.getModel())
+                    .toEqual(model);
+                expect(contextualDomainObject.getCapability("other"))
+                    .toEqual("some capability");
+            });
 
         });
     }