diff --git a/test/unit/api/i18n/_get.js b/test/unit/api/i18n/_get.js
index e2d9bda0219633..cc7348a9f407f2 100644
--- a/test/unit/api/i18n/_get.js
+++ b/test/unit/api/i18n/_get.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 define(function (require) {
-  var Promise = require('bluebird');
   var expect = require('intern/dojo/node!expect.js');
+  var testData = require('intern/dojo/node!../../../unit/api/i18n/data');
 
   return function (bdd, scenarioManager, request) {
     bdd.describe('GET translations', function postIngest() {
@@ -9,13 +9,22 @@ define(function (require) {
         return scenarioManager.reload('emptyKibana');
       });
 
-      bdd.it('should return 200 for an valid payload', function validPayload() {
-        return Promise.all([
-          request.get('/i18n/translations').expect(200),
-        ]);
+      bdd.before(function () {
+        return testData.createTestTranslations();
       });
-      //TODO (hickeyma): Extend test cases once I have refactored the module and hapi APIs after feedback on removeing plugin namd and language from API
 
+      bdd.it('should return 200 and a valid response payload', function validPayload() {
+        return request.get('/i18n/translations')
+          .expect(200)
+          .then(function (res) {
+            var translationsReturned = JSON.parse(res.text);
+            expect(testData.checkReturnedTranslations(translationsReturned)).to.be(true);
+          });
+      });
+
+      bdd.after(function () {
+        return testData.deleteTestTranslations();
+      });
     });
-  };
+  }
 });
diff --git a/test/unit/api/i18n/data.js b/test/unit/api/i18n/data.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d310fc24e73f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/api/i18n/data.js
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+var fs = require('fs');
+var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
+var process = require('child_process');
+
+var TRANSLATION_STORE_PATH = __dirname + '/../../../../data/translations';
+
+var checkReturnedTranslations = function (actualTranslationJson) {
+  var language = 'en';
+  var expectedTranslationJsonFile = __dirname + '/data/reference/' + language + '.json';
+  var expectedTranslationJson = require(expectedTranslationJsonFile);
+
+  return compareTranslations(actualTranslationJson, expectedTranslationJson);
+};
+
+var createTestTranslations = function () {
+  var translationStorePath = TRANSLATION_STORE_PATH;
+  var language = 'en';
+  var srcFile = __dirname + '/data/reference/' + language + '.json';
+  var destFile = translationStorePath + '/' + language + '.json';
+
+  if (!fs.existsSync(translationStorePath)) {
+    mkdirp.sync(translationStorePath);
+  }
+  console.log('Write file: ' + srcFile + ' to file: ' + destFile);
+  fs.writeFileSync(destFile, fs.readFileSync(srcFile));
+};
+
+var deleteTestTranslations = function () {
+  var translationStorePath = TRANSLATION_STORE_PATH;
+  process.execSync('rm -rf ' + translationStorePath);
+};
+
+function compareTranslations(actual, expected) {
+  var equal = true;
+
+  for (var key in expected) {
+    if (!actual.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+      equal = false;
+      break;
+    }
+    if (actual[key] !== expected[key]) {
+      equal = false;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return equal;
+}
+
+module.exports.checkReturnedTranslations = checkReturnedTranslations;
+module.exports.createTestTranslations = createTestTranslations;
+module.exports.deleteTestTranslations = deleteTestTranslations;
diff --git a/test/unit/api/i18n/data/reference/de.json b/test/unit/api/i18n/data/reference/de.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ab9171f3a86cf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/api/i18n/data/reference/de.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "test_plugin_1-NO_SSL": "Dont run the DE dev server using HTTPS",
+  "test_plugin_1-DEV": "Run the DE server with development mode defaults"
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/api/i18n/data/reference/en.json b/test/unit/api/i18n/data/reference/en.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..025901cf19f29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/api/i18n/data/reference/en.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "test_plugin_1-NO_SSL": "Dont run the dev server using HTTPS",
+  "test_plugin_1-DEV": "Run the server with development mode defaults",
+  "test_plugin_1-NO_RUN_SERVER": "Dont run the dev server",
+  "test_plugin_1-HOME": "Run along home now!",
+  "test_plugin_2-XXXXXX": "This is XXXXXX string",
+  "test_plugin_2-YYYY_PPPP": "This is YYYY_PPPP string",
+  "test_plugin_2-FFFFFFFFFFFF": "This is FFFFFFFFFFFF string",
+  "test_plugin_2-ZZZ": "This is ZZZ string"
+}