diff --git a/lib/go/test/InitialismsTest.thrift b/lib/go/test/InitialismsTest.thrift
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68b6350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/go/test/InitialismsTest.thrift
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+struct InitialismsTest {
+    1: string user_id,
+    2: string server_url,
+}
diff --git a/lib/go/test/Makefile.am b/lib/go/test/Makefile.am
index f34b577..ef61249 100644
--- a/lib/go/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/go/test/Makefile.am
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 				TypedefFieldTest.thrift \
 				RefAnnotationFieldsTest.thrift \
 				ErrorTest.thrift \
-				NamesTest.thrift
+				NamesTest.thrift \
+				InitialismsTest.thrift
 	mkdir -p gopath/src
 	grep -v list.*map.*list.*map $(THRIFTTEST) | grep -v 'set<Insanity>' > ThriftTest.thrift
 	$(THRIFT) -r IncludesTest.thrift
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@
 	$(THRIFT) RefAnnotationFieldsTest.thrift
 	$(THRIFT) ErrorTest.thrift
 	$(THRIFT) NamesTest.thrift
+	$(THRIFT) InitialismsTest.thrift
 	GOPATH=`pwd`/gopath $(GO) get code.google.com/p/gomock/gomock
 	ln -nfs ../../../thrift gopath/src/thrift
 	ln -nfs ../../tests gopath/src/tests
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@
 				typedeffieldtest \
 				refannotationfieldstest \
 				errortest	\
-				namestest
+				namestest \
+				initialismstest
 	GOPATH=`pwd`/gopath $(GO) test thrift tests
 
 clean-local:
@@ -81,4 +84,5 @@
 	ServicesTest.thrift \
 	TypedefFieldTest.thrift \
 	ErrorTest.thrift \
-	NamesTest.thrift
+	NamesTest.thrift \
+	InitialismsTest.thrift
diff --git a/lib/go/test/tests/initialisms_test.go b/lib/go/test/tests/initialisms_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d13b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/go/test/tests/initialisms_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package tests
+
+import (
+	"initialismstest"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestThatCommonInitialismsAreFixed(t *testing.T) {
+	s := initialismstest.InitialismsTest{}
+	st := reflect.TypeOf(s)
+	_, ok := st.FieldByName("UserID")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Error("UserID attribute is missing!")
+	}
+	_, ok = st.FieldByName("ServerURL")
+	if !ok {
+		t.Error("ServerURL attribute is missing!")
+	}
+}