diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
index 093fe09f2738704c570aa80ad4655d0a0b555967..0f42deea32219bdb28dc0b4f4c669a39a0e728a8 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ import com.gargoylesoftware.htmlunit.javascript.host.XMLHttpRequest;
  * @see <a href="http://hudson.gotdns.com/wiki/display/HUDSON/Unit+Test">Wiki article about unit testing in Hudson</a>
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
-public abstract class HudsonTestCase extends TestCase {
+public abstract class HudsonTestCase extends TestCase implements RootAction {
     public Hudson hudson;
 
     protected final TestEnvironment env = new TestEnvironment();
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ public abstract class HudsonTestCase extends TestCase {
         DownloadService.neverUpdate = true;
         UpdateCenter.neverUpdate = true;
 
+        // expose the test instance as a part of URL tree.
+        // this allows tests to use a part of the URL space for itself.
+        hudson.getActions().add(this);
+
         // cause all the descriptors to reload.
         // ideally we'd like to reset them to properly emulate the behavior, but that's not possible.
         Mailer.descriptor().setHudsonUrl(null);
@@ -290,6 +294,18 @@ public abstract class HudsonTestCase extends TestCase {
         }
     }
 
+    public String getIconFileName() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public String getUrlName() {
+        return "self";
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a new instance of {@link Hudson}. If the derived class wants to create it in a different way,
      * you can override it.