diff --git a/test/fixtures/externals.js b/test/fixtures/externaltag.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/externals.js
rename to test/fixtures/externaltag.js
diff --git a/test/fixtures/externals2.js b/test/fixtures/externaltag2.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/fixtures/externals2.js
rename to test/fixtures/externaltag2.js
diff --git a/test/fixtures/externals3.js b/test/fixtures/externaltag3.js
similarity index 84%
rename from test/fixtures/externals3.js
rename to test/fixtures/externaltag3.js
index 63353b28..4948c8eb 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/externals3.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/externaltag3.js
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * @external {foo.bar.baz}
+ * @external {"foo.bar.baz"}
  */
 
  /**
   * Blah blah
-  * @function external:foo.bar.baz#blah
+  * @function external:"foo.bar.baz"#blah
   */
diff --git a/test/specs/tags/externaltag.js b/test/specs/tags/externaltag.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b02dd86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/tags/externaltag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*global describe, expect, it, jasmine, xit */
+'use strict';
+
+describe('@external tag', function() {
+    var docSet = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/externaltag.js');
+    var docSet2 = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/externaltag2.js');
+    var docSet3 = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/externaltag3.js');
+
+    var fooBarBazExternal = docSet3.getByLongname('external:"foo.bar.baz"')[0];
+    var jQueryExternal = docSet.getByLongname('external:"jQuery.fn"')[0];
+    var stringExternal = docSet.getByLongname('external:String')[0];
+
+
+    it('An @external should have its own doclet', function() {
+        expect(stringExternal).toBeDefined();
+        expect(typeof stringExternal).toBe('object');
+    });
+
+    it("An @external's name should be the same as its longname, minus 'external:'", function() {
+        expect(stringExternal.name).toBe('String');
+    });
+
+    it('An @external should have its kind set to "external"', function() {
+        expect(stringExternal.kind).toBe('external');
+    });
+
+    it('An @external with a quoted name should get the correct name', function() {
+        expect(jQueryExternal).toBeDefined();
+        expect(jQueryExternal.name).toBe('"jQuery.fn"');
+    });
+
+    // TODO: enable after jsdoc3/jsdoc#652 is fixed
+    xit('An @external should work correctly when the type is in curly braces', function() {
+        expect(fooBarBazExternal).toBeDefined();
+        expect(fooBarBazExternal.name).toBe('"foo.bar.baz"');
+    });
+});