diff --git a/tests/test-encode-decode-interest.cpp b/tests/test-encode-decode-interest.cpp
index db193e8..09057fb 100644
--- a/tests/test-encode-decode-interest.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-encode-decode-interest.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@
   i.setMaxSuffixComponents(1);
   i.setChildSelector(1);
   i.setMustBeFresh(false);
-  i.getExclude().excludeOne("alex").excludeRange("xxxx", "yyyy");
+  i.getExclude()
+    .excludeOne(name::Component("alex"))
+    .excludeRange(name::Component("xxxx"), name::Component("yyyy"));
   i.setNonce(1);
 
   const Block &wire = i.wireEncode();
diff --git a/tests/test-name.cpp b/tests/test-name.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4e86d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-name.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Regents of the University of California.
+ * @author: Jeff Thompson <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
+ * See COPYING for copyright and distribution information.
+ */
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include "name.hpp"
+
+namespace ndn {
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(TestName)
+
+static const uint8_t TestName[] = {
+        0x3,  0x14, // Name
+          0x4,  0x5, // NameComponent
+              0x6c,  0x6f,  0x63,  0x61,  0x6c,
+          0x4,  0x3, // NameComponent
+              0x6e,  0x64,  0x6e,
+          0x4,  0x6, // NameComponent
+              0x70,  0x72,  0x65,  0x66,  0x69,  0x78
+};
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Encode)
+{
+  Name name("/local/ndn/prefix");
+
+  const Block &wire = name.wireEncode();
+
+  // for (Buffer::const_iterator i = wire.begin();
+  //      i != wire.end();
+  //      ++i)
+  //   {
+  //     std::ios::fmtflags saveFlags = std::cout.flags(std::ios::hex);
+
+  //     if (i != wire.begin())
+  //       std::cout << ", ";
+  //     std::cout << "0x" << static_cast<uint32_t>(*i);
+      
+  //     std::cout.flags(saveFlags);
+  //   }
+  // std::cout << std::endl;
+  
+  BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL_COLLECTIONS(TestName, TestName+sizeof(TestName),
+                                  wire.begin(), wire.end());
+}
+
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE (Decode)
+{
+  Block block(TestName, sizeof(TestName));
+
+  Name name(block);
+
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(name.toUri(), "/local/ndn/prefix");
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
+
+} // namespace ndn