diff --git a/bigquery/tests/test_async_query.py b/bigquery/tests/test_async_query.py
index d41c724da0f..52498d34544 100644
--- a/bigquery/tests/test_async_query.py
+++ b/bigquery/tests/test_async_query.py
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 import json
+import os
 import unittest
 
-from bigquery.samples.async_query import run
-from tests import CloudBaseTest
-
+from bigquery.samples.async_query import run, main
+from tests import CloudBaseTest, mock_raw_input, BUCKET_NAME_ENV, \
+    PROJECT_ID_ENV
 
 class TestAsyncQuery(CloudBaseTest):
 
@@ -29,5 +30,16 @@ def test_async_query(self):
             self.assertIsNotNone(json.loads(result))
 
 
+class TestAsyncRunner(CloudBaseTest):
+
+    def test_async_query_runner(self):
+        test_bucket_name = os.environ.get(BUCKET_NAME_ENV)
+        test_project_id = os.environ.get(PROJECT_ID_ENV)
+        answers = [test_bucket_name, test_project_id, 'n',
+                   '1', '1']
+        with mock_raw_input(answers):
+            main()
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
index 9f87cf1d518..e006de633f0 100644
--- a/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import json
 import os
 import unittest
-
+import __builtin__
 
 BUCKET_NAME_ENV = 'TEST_BUCKET_NAME'
 PROJECT_ID_ENV = 'TEST_PROJECT_ID'
@@ -26,6 +26,25 @@
     os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__)), 'resources')
 
 
+class mock_raw_input(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, list_):
+        self.i = 0
+        self.list_ = list_
+
+    def get_next_value(self, question):
+        ret = self.list_[self.i]
+        self.i += 1
+        return ret
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.raw_input_cache = __builtin__.raw_input
+        __builtin__.raw_input = self.get_next_value
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
+        __builtin__.raw_input = self.raw_input_cache
+
+
 class CloudBaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):