diff --git a/spec/unit/type/mailalias_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/mailalias_spec.rb
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..d4ed81949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/type/mailalias_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env rspec
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Puppet::Type.type(:mailalias) do
+  include PuppetSpec::Files
+
+  let :target do tmpfile('mailalias') end
+  let :resource do
+    described_class.new(:name => "luke", :recipient => "yay", :target => target)
+  end
+
+  it "should be initially absent" do
+    resource.retrieve_resource[:recipient].should == :absent
+  end
+
+  it "should try and set the recipient when it does the sync" do
+    resource.retrieve_resource[:recipient].should == :absent
+    resource.property(:recipient).expects(:set).with(["yay"])
+    resource.property(:recipient).sync
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/ral/type/mailalias.rb b/test/ral/type/mailalias.rb
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index 1c867ef1b..000000000
--- a/test/ral/type/mailalias.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env ruby
-
-require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../../lib/puppettest')
-
-require 'puppettest'
-require 'mocha'
-
-class TestMailAlias < Test::Unit::TestCase
-  include PuppetTest
-
-  def setup
-    super
-    @type = Puppet::Type.type(:mailalias)
-
-    @provider = @type.defaultprovider
-
-    # Make sure they are using the parsed provider
-    unless @provider.name == :aliases
-      @type.defaultprovider = @type.provider(:aliases)
-    end
-
-    cleanup do @type.defaultprovider = nil end
-
-    if @provider.respond_to?(:default_target=)
-      @default_file = @provider.default_target
-      cleanup do
-        @provider.default_target = @default_file
-      end
-      @target = tempfile
-      @provider.default_target = @target
-    end
-  end
-
-  # This isn't much of a test, but then, it's not much of a type.
-  def test_recipient_arrays
-    resource = @type.new(:name => "luke", :recipient => "yay", :target => tempfile)
-    values = resource.retrieve_resource
-    assert_equal(:absent, values[:recipient])
-    resource.property(:recipient).expects(:set).with(%w{yay})
-    assert_nothing_raised("Could not sync mailalias") do
-      resource.property(:recipient).sync
-    end
-  end
-end
-