diff --git a/IPython/terminal/tests/test_embed.py b/IPython/terminal/tests/test_embed.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d54df8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IPython/terminal/tests/test_embed.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+"""Test embedding of IPython"""
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  Copyright (C) 2013 The IPython Development Team
+#
+#  Distributed under the terms of the BSD License.  The full license is in
+#  the file COPYING, distributed as part of this software.
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Imports
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+import sys
+import nose.tools as nt
+from IPython.utils.process import process_handler
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Tests
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_sample_embed = """
+from __future__ import print_function
+import IPython
+
+a = 3
+b = 14
+print(a, '.', b)
+
+IPython.embed()
+
+print 'bye!'
+"""
+
+def test_ipython_embed():
+    """test that `ipython [subcommand] --help-all` works"""
+    #with TempFile as f:
+    #    f.write("some embed case goes here")
+
+    # run `python file_with_embed.py`
+    fname = '/home/pi/code/workspace/rambles/test_embed.py'
+    cmd = [sys.executable, fname]
+
+    #p = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, stdin=PIPE)
+    print "\nhere's the command:", cmd
+    _, out, p = process_handler(cmd,
+            lambda p: (p.stdin.write("exit\r"), p.communicate()[:], p))
+    print out[1]
+    nt.assert_equal(p.returncode, 0)
+    nt.assert_equal(p.returncode, 0)
+#out, err, rc = tt.get_output_error_code(cmd)
+
diff --git a/IPython/utils/process.py b/IPython/utils/process.py
index 3eed415..826aa51 100644
--- a/IPython/utils/process.py
+++ b/IPython/utils/process.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ else:
     from ._process_posix import _find_cmd, system, getoutput, arg_split
 
 
-from ._process_common import getoutputerror, get_output_error_code
+from ._process_common import getoutputerror, get_output_error_code, process_handler
 from . import py3compat
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------