diff --git a/src/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCase.php b/src/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCase.php
index 7d6a0fbcce..70d79c72e9 100644
--- a/src/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCase.php
+++ b/src/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCase.php
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ function(&$item, $key) { $item = $key . '=' . $item; }
         $request->setQuery(new Parameters($query));
         $request->setPost(new Parameters($post));
         $request->setUri($uri);
+        $request->setRequestUri($uri->getPath());
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/test/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCaseTest.php b/test/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCaseTest.php
index 2f113b0f06..ed6775bbbc 100644
--- a/test/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCaseTest.php
+++ b/test/PHPUnit/Controller/AbstractControllerTestCaseTest.php
@@ -233,4 +233,10 @@ public function testAssertApplicationErrorsEvents()
         $this->assertEquals(true, $result->stopped());
         $this->assertEquals(Application::ERROR_ROUTER_NO_MATCH, $this->getApplication()->getMvcEvent()->getError());
     }
+
+    public function testDispatchRequestUri()
+    {
+        $this->dispatch('/tests');
+        $this->assertEquals('/tests', $this->getApplication()->getRequest()->getRequestUri());
+    }
 }