diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 7ce13c1b81..3f3f0f3cde 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,13 @@
 			<version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- web -->
+		<!-- http client -->
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+			<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+			<version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- test scoped -->
 
diff --git a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/mockito/HttpClientLiveTest.java b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/mockito/HttpClientLiveTest.java
index 81e6fb8b25..997f5a012a 100644
--- a/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/mockito/HttpClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/httpclient/src/test/java/org/baeldung/mockito/HttpClientLiveTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,66 @@
 package org.baeldung.mockito;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
+
+import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.ClientProtocolException;
+import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
+import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
+import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
+import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.impl.conn.BasicHttpClientConnectionManager;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 public class HttpClientLiveTest {
-    //
+
+    private static final String SAMPLE_URL = "http://www.google.com";
+
+    private HttpClient instance;
+
+    @Before
+    public final void before() {
+        instance = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
+    }
+
+    // tests
+
+    @Test
+    public final void whenExecutingBasicGetRequest_thenNoExceptions() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+        instance.execute(new HttpGet(SAMPLE_URL));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenGetRequestExecuted_whenAnalyzingTheResponse_thenCorrectStatusCode() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+        final HttpResponse response = instance.execute(new HttpGet(SAMPLE_URL));
+        assertThat(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode(), equalTo(200));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenGetRequestExecuted_whenAnalyzingTheResponse_thenCorrectMimeType() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+        final HttpResponse response = instance.execute(new HttpGet(SAMPLE_URL));
+        final String contentMimeType = ContentType.getOrDefault(response.getEntity()).getMimeType();
+
+        assertThat(contentMimeType, equalTo(ContentType.TEXT_HTML.getMimeType()));
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = SocketTimeoutException.class)
+    public final void givenLowTimeout_whenExecutingRequestWithTimeout_thenException() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+        final RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.custom().setConnectionRequestTimeout(50).setConnectTimeout(50).setSocketTimeout(50).build();
+        final HttpGet request = new HttpGet(SAMPLE_URL);
+        request.setConfig(requestConfig);
+        instance.execute(request);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void givenHttpClientIsConfiguredWithCustomConnectionManager_whenExecutingRequest_thenNoExceptions() throws ClientProtocolException, IOException {
+        instance = HttpClientBuilder.create().setConnectionManager(new BasicHttpClientConnectionManager()).build();
+        instance.execute(new HttpGet(SAMPLE_URL));
+    }
+
 }