diff --git a/pkg/output/httpserver/httpserver_test.go b/pkg/output/httpserver/httpserver_test.go
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+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+package httpserver
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/elastic/stream/pkg/output"
+)
+
+func TestHTTPServer(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		description     string
+		opts            output.HTTPServerOptions
+		input           []string
+		expectedOutput  []string
+		expectedHeaders http.Header
+	}{
+		{
+			description:    "can get one log per response",
+			input:          []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+			expectedOutput: []string{"a", "b", "c"},
+		},
+		{
+			description: "returns expected response headers",
+			opts: output.HTTPServerOptions{
+				ResponseHeaders: []string{"content-type", "custom"},
+			},
+			input:          []string{"a"},
+			expectedOutput: []string{"a"},
+			expectedHeaders: http.Header{
+				"Content-Type": []string{"custom"},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		tc := tc
+		t.Run(tc.description, func(t *testing.T) {
+			out, err := New(&output.Options{
+				Addr:              "127.0.0.1:1111",
+				HTTPServerOptions: tc.opts,
+			})
+
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			require.NoError(t, out.DialContext(context.Background()))
+
+			for i, in := range tc.input {
+				var n int
+				var werr error
+				var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+				wg.Add(1)
+				go func(in string) {
+					defer wg.Done()
+
+					timeout := time.NewTimer(time.Second)
+					defer timeout.Stop()
+
+					select {
+					case <-timeout.C:
+					default:
+						n, werr = out.Write([]byte(in))
+					}
+				}(in)
+
+				resp, err := http.Get("http://127.0.0.1:1111")
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				t.Cleanup(func() { resp.Body.Close() })
+
+				wg.Wait()
+				require.NoError(t, werr)
+				assert.Equal(t, len(in), n)
+
+				body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.expectedOutput[i], string(body))
+
+				for h, vs := range tc.expectedHeaders {
+					assert.EqualValues(t, vs, resp.Header[h])
+				}
+			}
+
+			require.NoError(t, out.Close())
+		})
+	}
+}