diff --git a/test/fixtures/listenstag.js b/test/fixtures/listenstag.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d72f1865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/listenstag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/** An event handler.
+ * @function
+ * @listens Foo
+ * @listens Bar
+ */
+function handler () {
+}
diff --git a/test/specs/tags/listenstag.js b/test/specs/tags/listenstag.js
index 59cec9c1..51d90d01 100644
--- a/test/specs/tags/listenstag.js
+++ b/test/specs/tags/listenstag.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 describe("@listens tag", function() {
-    var doclet = require('jsdoc/doclet'),
-        doc = new doclet.Doclet('/** An event handler\n@function handler\n@listens Foo\n@listens Bar */', {});
+    var docSet = jasmine.getDocSetFromFile('test/fixtures/listenstag.js'),
+        doc = docSet.getByLongname('handler')[0];
 
     it("should create a 'listens' property on the doclet, an array, with the events that are listened to", function() {
         expect(Array.isArray(doc.listens)).toBeTruthy();