diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ede4d6d..c8e6737 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ Then you should initialize your database by running:
 
 # Test
 
-To run the test suite just use:
+For unit tests (using Atoum) use:
 
     ./console tests:unit
+
+For functional tests you'll need phpunit:
+
+    phpunit
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9660ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit backupGlobals="false"
+         backupStaticAttributes="false"
+         colors="true"
+         convertErrorsToExceptions="true"
+         convertNoticesToExceptions="true"
+         convertWarningsToExceptions="true"
+         processIsolation="false"
+         stopOnFailure="false"
+         syntaxCheck="false"
+         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
+>
+    <testsuites>
+        <testsuite name="Poche Test Suite">
+            <directory>./tests/functionals/</directory>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+</phpunit>
diff --git a/tests/functionals/ApiTest.php b/tests/functionals/ApiTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d17c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functionals/ApiTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+namespace Poche\Tests\Functionals;
+
+use Silex\WebTestCase;
+
+class ApiTest extends WebTestCase
+{
+    public function createApplication()
+    {
+        require __DIR__.'/../../app/app.php';
+        require __DIR__ . '/../../app/controllers/controllers.php';
+
+        $app['debug'] = true;
+        return $app;
+    }
+
+    public function testGetEntries()
+    {
+        $client = $this->createClient();
+        $crawler = $client->request('GET', '/api/entries');
+
+        $this->assertTrue($client->getResponse()->isOk());
+
+
+        // Assert that the "Content-Type" header is "application/json"
+        $this->assertTrue(
+            $client->getResponse()->headers->contains(
+                'Content-Type',
+                'application/json'
+            )
+        );
+
+        $this->assertTrue($client->getResponse()->getContent() == '[]');
+    }
+}