diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application/Api.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application/Api.php
index a1d5b3aa9b..6f07434142 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application/Api.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/Application/Api.php
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 namespace Alchemy\Phrasea\Application;
 
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Application as PhraseaApplication;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Authentication\Context;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\PreAuthenticate;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\PhraseaEvents;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Controller\Api\Oauth2;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Controller\Api\V1;
diff --git a/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Application/ApiAbstract.php b/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Application/ApiAbstract.php
index aed0c4a505..cd22311cc3 100644
--- a/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Application/ApiAbstract.php
+++ b/tests/Alchemy/Tests/Phrasea/Application/ApiAbstract.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Alchemy\Tests\Phrasea\Application;
 
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Border\File;
 use Alchemy\Phrasea\Border\Manager;
+use Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\PhraseaEvents;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Client;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 
@@ -112,6 +113,38 @@ abstract class ApiAbstract extends \PhraseanetWebTestCaseAbstract
         parent::tearDownAfterClass();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider provideEventNames
+     */
+    public function testThatEventsAreDispatched($eventName, $className, $route)
+    {
+        $preEvent = 0;
+        $phpunit = $this;
+        self::$DI['app']['dispatcher']->addListener($eventName, function ($event) use ($phpunit, &$preEvent, $className) {
+            $preEvent++;
+            $phpunit->assertInstanceOf($className, $event);
+        });
+
+        $this->setToken(self::$token);
+        self::$DI['client']->request('GET', '/databoxes/list/', $this->getParameters(), array(), array('HTTP_Accept' => $this->getAcceptMimeType()));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $preEvent);
+    }
+
+    public function provideEventNames()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array(PhraseaEvents::PRE_AUTHENTICATE, 'Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\PreAuthenticate', '/databoxes/list/'),
+            array(PhraseaEvents::API_OAUTH2_START, 'Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\ApiOAuth2StartEvent', '/databoxes/list/'),
+            array(PhraseaEvents::API_OAUTH2_END, 'Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\ApiOAuth2EndEvent', '/databoxes/list/'),
+            array(PhraseaEvents::API_RESULT, 'Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\ApiResultEvent', '/databoxes/list/'),
+            array(PhraseaEvents::PRE_AUTHENTICATE, 'Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\PreAuthenticate', '/no-route'),
+            array(PhraseaEvents::API_OAUTH2_START, 'Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\ApiOAuth2StartEvent', '/no-route'),
+            array(PhraseaEvents::API_OAUTH2_END, 'Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\ApiOAuth2EndEvent', '/no-route'),
+            array(PhraseaEvents::API_RESULT, 'Alchemy\Phrasea\Core\Event\ApiResultEvent', '/no-route'),
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testRouteNotFound()
     {
         $route = '/api/v1/nothinghere';