diff --git a/test/generate.js b/test/generate.js
index 384bd95b84..17a8aba7e3 100644
--- a/test/generate.js
+++ b/test/generate.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as acorn from 'acorn';
 
-import { svelte, env, setupHtmlEqual } from './helpers.js';
+import { addLineNumbers, loadConfig, svelte, env, setupHtmlEqual } from './helpers.js';
 
 let showCompiledCode = false;
 let compileOptions = null;
@@ -18,36 +18,13 @@ require.extensions[ '.html' ] = function ( module, filename ) {
 	return module._compile( code, filename );
 };
 
-function addLineNumbers ( code ) {
-	return code.split( '\n' ).map( ( line, i ) => {
-		i = String( i + 1 );
-		while ( i.length < 3 ) i = ` ${i}`;
-
-		return `${i}: ${line.replace( /^\t+/, match => match.split( '\t' ).join( '    ' ) )}`;
-	}).join( '\n' );
-}
-
-function loadConfig ( dir ) {
-	try {
-		const resolved = require.resolve( `./generator/${dir}/_config.js` );
-		delete require.cache[ resolved ];
-		return require( resolved ).default;
-	} catch ( err ) {
-		if ( err.code === 'E_NOT_FOUND' ) {
-			return {};
-		}
-
-		throw err;
-	}
-}
-
 describe( 'generate', () => {
 	before( setupHtmlEqual );
 
 	function runTest ( dir, shared ) {
 		if ( dir[0] === '.' ) return;
 
-		const config = loadConfig( dir );
+		const config = loadConfig( `./generator/${dir}/_config.js` );
 
 		if ( config.solo && process.env.CI ) {
 			throw new Error( 'Forgot to remove `solo: true` from test' );
diff --git a/test/helpers.js b/test/helpers.js
index d1f0539a6c..ee419c3921 100644
--- a/test/helpers.js
+++ b/test/helpers.js
@@ -110,3 +110,26 @@ export function setupHtmlEqual () {
 		};
 	});
 }
+
+export function loadConfig ( file ) {
+	try {
+		const resolved = require.resolve( file );
+		delete require.cache[ resolved ];
+		return require( resolved ).default;
+	} catch ( err ) {
+		if ( err.code === 'E_NOT_FOUND' ) {
+			return {};
+		}
+
+		throw err;
+	}
+}
+
+export function addLineNumbers ( code ) {
+	return code.split( '\n' ).map( ( line, i ) => {
+		i = String( i + 1 );
+		while ( i.length < 3 ) i = ` ${i}`;
+
+		return `${i}: ${line.replace( /^\t+/, match => match.split( '\t' ).join( '    ' ) )}`;
+	}).join( '\n' );
+}
diff --git a/test/ssr.js b/test/ssr.js
index ebac203de3..2560c1d3be 100644
--- a/test/ssr.js
+++ b/test/ssr.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import assert from 'assert';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 
-import { exists, setupHtmlEqual, tryToLoadJson } from './helpers.js';
+import { exists, loadConfig, setupHtmlEqual, svelte, tryToLoadJson } from './helpers.js';
 
 function tryToReadFile ( file ) {
 	try {
@@ -47,4 +47,37 @@ describe( 'ssr', () => {
 			assert.equal( css.replace( /^\s+/gm, '' ), expectedCss.replace( /^\s+/gm, '' ) );
 		});
 	});
+
+	// duplicate client-side tests, as far as possible
+	fs.readdirSync( 'test/generator' ).forEach( dir => {
+		if ( dir[0] === '.' ) return;
+
+		const config = loadConfig( `./generator/${dir}/_config.js` );
+
+		if ( config.solo && process.env.CI ) {
+			throw new Error( 'Forgot to remove `solo: true` from test' );
+		}
+
+		( config.skip ? it.skip : config.solo ? it.only : it )( dir, () => {
+			try {
+				const source = fs.readFileSync( `test/generator/${dir}/main.html`, 'utf-8' );
+				svelte.compile( source, { generate: 'ssr' });
+			} catch ( err ) {
+				if ( config.compileError ) {
+					config.compileError( err );
+					return;
+				} else {
+					throw err;
+				}
+			}
+
+			const component = require( `./generator/${dir}/main.html` );
+
+			const html = component.render( config.data );
+
+			if ( config.html ) {
+				assert.htmlEqual( html, config.html );
+			}
+		});
+	});
 });