diff --git a/test/adl.test.js b/test/adl.test.js
index abf31bf4..546bbf1a 100644
--- a/test/adl.test.js
+++ b/test/adl.test.js
@@ -146,3 +146,48 @@ describe('DataSource define model', function () {
 
     });
 });
+
+
+describe('Load models from json', function () {
+    it('should be able to define models from json', function () {
+        var path = require('path'),
+            fs = require('fs');
+
+
+        /**
+         * Load ADL schemas from a json doc
+         * @param schemaFile The schema json file
+         * @returns A map of schemas keyed by name
+         */
+        function loadSchemasSync(schemaFile, dataSource) {
+            // Set up the data source
+            if (!dataSource) {
+                dataSource = new DataSource('memory');
+            }
+
+            // Read the schema JSON file
+            var schemas = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(schemaFile));
+
+            return DataSource.buildModels(dataSource, schemas);
+
+        }
+
+        var models = loadSchemasSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test1-schemas.json'));
+
+        models.should.have.property('anonymous');
+        models.anonymous.should.have.property('modelName', 'Anonymous');
+
+        var m1 = new models.anonymous({title: 'Test'});
+        m1.should.have.property('title', 'Test');
+
+        models = loadSchemasSync(path.join(__dirname, 'test2-schemas.json'));
+        models.should.have.property('address');
+        models.should.have.property('account');
+        models.should.have.property('customer');
+        for (var s in models) {
+            var m = models[s];
+            console.log(m.modelName, new m());
+        }
+    });
+});
+
diff --git a/test/test1-schemas.json b/test/test1-schemas.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..05dd5079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test1-schemas.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+    "title": {
+        "type": "String"
+    },
+    "author": {
+        "type": "String",
+        "default": "Raymond"
+    },
+    "body": "String",
+    "date": {
+        "type": "Date"
+    },
+    "hidden": "Boolean",
+    "comments": ["String"]
+}  
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diff --git a/test/test2-schemas.json b/test/test2-schemas.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..447726b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test2-schemas.json
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+[
+    {
+        "name": "Address",
+        "properties": {
+            "label": "string",
+            "street": "string",
+            "city": "string",
+            "zipCode": "string"
+        }
+    },
+
+    {
+        "name": "Account",
+        "properties": {
+            "id": "string",
+            "customer": {
+                "type": "Customer",
+                "association": {
+                    "type": "belongsTo",
+                    "inverse": "account"
+                }
+            },
+            "balance": "number"
+        }
+    },
+
+    {
+        "name": "Customer",
+        "options": {
+            "oracle": {
+                "owner": "STRONGLOOP",
+                "table": "CUSTOMER"
+            }
+        },
+        "properties": {
+            "id": {
+                "type": "number",
+                "id": true,
+                "doc": "Customer ID"
+            },
+            "firstName": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "trim": true,
+                "required": true,
+                "oracle": {
+                    "column": "FNAME",
+                    "type": "VARCHAR",
+                    "length": 32
+                }
+            },
+            "lastName": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "trim": true,
+                "required": true,
+                "oracle": {
+                    "column": "LNAME",
+                    "type": "VARCHAR",
+                    "length": 32
+                }
+            },
+            "vip": {
+                "type": "boolean",
+                "doc": "indicate if the customer is a VIP",
+                "oracle": {
+                    "column": "VIP",
+                    "type": "CHAR",
+                    "length": 1
+                }
+            },
+            "emails": [
+                {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "trim": true
+                }
+            ],
+            "address": {
+                "type": "Address"
+            },
+            "account": "Account"
+        }
+    }
+
+]
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