diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/package/pip_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/package/pip_spec.rb
index 734b7a636..d8c38d427 100755
--- a/spec/unit/provider/package/pip_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/package/pip_spec.rb
@@ -1,209 +1,223 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env ruby
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:package).provider(:pip)
 
 describe provider_class do
 
   before do
     @resource = Puppet::Resource.new(:package, "fake_package")
     @provider = provider_class.new(@resource)
     @client = stub_everything('client')
     @client.stubs(:call).with('package_releases', 'real_package').returns(["1.3", "1.2.5", "1.2.4"])
     @client.stubs(:call).with('package_releases', 'fake_package').returns([])
     XMLRPC::Client.stubs(:new2).returns(@client)
   end
 
   describe "parse" do
 
     it "should return a hash on valid input" do
       provider_class.parse("real_package==1.2.5").should == {
         :ensure   => "1.2.5",
         :name     => "real_package",
         :provider => :pip,
       }
     end
 
     it "should return nil on invalid input" do
       provider_class.parse("foo").should == nil
     end
 
   end
 
+  describe "cmd" do
+
+    it "should return pip-python on RedHat systems" do
+      Facter.stubs(:value).with(:osfamily).returns("RedHat")
+      provider_class.cmd.should == 'pip-python'
+    end
+
+    it "should return pip by default" do
+      Facter.stubs(:value).with(:osfamily).returns("Not RedHat")
+      provider_class.cmd.should == 'pip'
+    end
+
+  end
+
   describe "instances" do
 
     it "should return an array when pip is present" do
       provider_class.expects(:which).with('pip').returns("/fake/bin/pip")
       p = stub("process")
       p.expects(:collect).yields("real_package==1.2.5")
       provider_class.expects(:execpipe).with("/fake/bin/pip freeze").yields(p)
       provider_class.instances
     end
 
     it "should return an empty array when pip is missing" do
       provider_class.expects(:which).with('pip').returns nil
       provider_class.instances.should == []
     end
 
   end
 
   describe "query" do
 
     before do
       @resource[:name] = "real_package"
     end
 
     it "should return a hash when pip and the package are present" do
       provider_class.expects(:instances).returns [provider_class.new({
         :ensure   => "1.2.5",
         :name     => "real_package",
         :provider => :pip,
       })]
 
       @provider.query.should == {
         :ensure   => "1.2.5",
         :name     => "real_package",
         :provider => :pip,
       }
     end
 
     it "should return nil when the package is missing" do
       provider_class.expects(:instances).returns []
       @provider.query.should == nil
     end
 
   end
 
   describe "latest" do
 
     it "should find a version number for real_package" do
       @resource[:name] = "real_package"
       @provider.latest.should_not == nil
     end
 
     it "should not find a version number for fake_package" do
       @resource[:name] = "fake_package"
       @provider.latest.should == nil
     end
 
     it "should handle a timeout gracefully" do
       @resource[:name] = "fake_package"
       @client.stubs(:call).raises(Timeout::Error)
       lambda { @provider.latest }.should raise_error(Puppet::Error)
     end
 
   end
 
   describe "install" do
 
     before do
       @resource[:name] = "fake_package"
       @url = "git+https://example.com/fake_package.git"
     end
 
     it "should install" do
       @resource[:ensure] = :installed
       @resource[:source] = nil
       @provider.expects(:lazy_pip).
         with("install", '-q', "fake_package")
       @provider.install
     end
 
     it "omits the -e flag (GH-1256)" do
       # The -e flag makes the provider non-idempotent
       @resource[:ensure] = :installed
       @resource[:source] = @url
       @provider.expects(:lazy_pip).with() do |*args|
         not args.include?("-e")
       end
       @provider.install
     end
 
     it "should install from SCM" do
       @resource[:ensure] = :installed
       @resource[:source] = @url
       @provider.expects(:lazy_pip).
         with("install", '-q', "#{@url}#egg=fake_package")
       @provider.install
     end
 
     it "should install a particular SCM revision" do
       @resource[:ensure] = "0123456"
       @resource[:source] = @url
       @provider.expects(:lazy_pip).
         with("install", "-q", "#{@url}@0123456#egg=fake_package")
       @provider.install
     end
 
     it "should install a particular version" do
       @resource[:ensure] = "0.0.0"
       @resource[:source] = nil
       @provider.expects(:lazy_pip).with("install", "-q", "fake_package==0.0.0")
       @provider.install
     end
 
     it "should upgrade" do
       @resource[:ensure] = :latest
       @resource[:source] = nil
       @provider.expects(:lazy_pip).
         with("install", "-q", "--upgrade", "fake_package")
       @provider.install
     end
 
   end
 
   describe "uninstall" do
 
     it "should uninstall" do
       @resource[:name] = "fake_package"
       @provider.expects(:lazy_pip).
         with('uninstall', '-y', '-q', 'fake_package')
       @provider.uninstall
     end
 
   end
 
   describe "update" do
 
     it "should just call install" do
       @provider.expects(:install).returns(nil)
       @provider.update
     end
 
   end
 
   describe "lazy_pip" do
 
     it "should succeed if pip is present" do
       @provider.stubs(:pip).returns(nil)
       @provider.method(:lazy_pip).call "freeze"
     end
 
     it "should retry if pip has not yet been found" do
       @provider.expects(:pip).twice.with('freeze').raises(NoMethodError).then.returns(nil)
       @provider.expects(:which).with('pip').returns("/fake/bin/pip")
       @provider.method(:lazy_pip).call "freeze"
     end
 
     it "should fail if pip is missing" do
       @provider.expects(:pip).with('freeze').raises(NoMethodError)
       @provider.expects(:which).with('pip').returns(nil)
       expect { @provider.method(:lazy_pip).call("freeze") }.to raise_error(NoMethodError)
     end
 
     it "should output a useful error message if pip is missing" do
       @provider.expects(:pip).with('freeze').raises(NoMethodError)
       @provider.expects(:which).with('pip').returns(nil)
       expect { @provider.method(:lazy_pip).call("freeze") }.
         to raise_error(NoMethodError, 'Could not locate the pip command.')
     end
 
     it "should use pip-python when ran on a RedHat system", :if => Facter.value(:osfamily) == 'RedHat' do
       @provider.expects(:pip).twice.with('freeze').raises(NoMethodError).then.returns(nil)
       @provider.expects(:which).with('pip-python').returns("/fake/bin/pip-python")
       @provider.method(:lazy_pip).call "freeze"
     end
 
   end
 
 end