diff --git a/tests/linker-ios/link sdk/HttpClientHandlerTest.cs b/tests/linker-ios/link sdk/HttpClientHandlerTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b4c11091900b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/linker-ios/link sdk/HttpClientHandlerTest.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Tests to ensure consistency of our handlers across updates
+//
+// Copyright 2016 Xamarin Inc.
+
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+#if XAMCORE_2_0
+using Foundation;
+#else
+using MonoTouch.Foundation;
+#endif
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace LinkSdk.Net.Http {
+
+	[TestFixture]
+	[Preserve (AllMembers = true)]
+	public class HttpClientHandlerTest {
+
+		[Test]
+		public void HttpClient ()
+		{
+			using (var handler = new HttpClientHandler ()) {
+				Assert.True (handler.AllowAutoRedirect, "AllowAutoRedirect");
+				Assert.NotNull (handler.CookieContainer, "CookieContainer");
+				Assert.Null (handler.Credentials, "Credentials");
+				// (so far) not exposed in other, native handlers
+				Assert.That (handler.AutomaticDecompression, Is.EqualTo (DecompressionMethods.None), "AutomaticDecompression");
+				Assert.That (handler.ClientCertificateOptions, Is.EqualTo (ClientCertificateOption.Manual), "ClientCertificateOptions");
+				Assert.That (handler.MaxAutomaticRedirections, Is.EqualTo (50), "MaxAutomaticRedirections");
+				Assert.That (handler.MaxRequestContentBufferSize, Is.EqualTo (Int32.MaxValue), "MaxRequestContentBufferSize");
+				Assert.Null (handler.Proxy, "Proxy");
+				Assert.True (handler.SupportsAutomaticDecompression, "SupportsAutomaticDecompression");
+				Assert.True (handler.SupportsProxy, "SupportsProxy");
+				Assert.True (handler.SupportsRedirectConfiguration, "SupportsRedirectConfiguration");
+				Assert.True (handler.UseCookies, "UseCookies");
+				Assert.False (handler.UseDefaultCredentials, "UseDefaultCredentials");
+				Assert.True (handler.UseProxy, "UseProxy");
+			}
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void CFNetwork ()
+		{
+			using (var handler = new CFNetworkHandler ()) {
+				Assert.True (handler.AllowAutoRedirect, "AllowAutoRedirect");
+				Assert.NotNull (handler.CookieContainer, "CookieContainer");
+				// custom, not in HttpClientHandler
+				Assert.False (handler.UseSystemProxy, "UseSystemProxy");
+			}
+		}
+
+		[Test]
+		public void NSUrlSession ()
+		{
+			using (var handler = new NSUrlSessionHandler ()) {
+				Assert.True (handler.AllowAutoRedirect, "AllowAutoRedirect");
+				Assert.Null (handler.Credentials, "Credentials");
+				// custom, not in HttpClientHandler
+				Assert.False (handler.DisableCaching, "DisableCaching");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/linker-ios/link sdk/link sdk.csproj b/tests/linker-ios/link sdk/link sdk.csproj
index 7d7cce5973b5..1c08194e32c7 100644
--- a/tests/linker-ios/link sdk/link sdk.csproj	
+++ b/tests/linker-ios/link sdk/link sdk.csproj	
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     </MtouchI18n>
     <MtouchExtraArgs>-v -v -disable-thread-check -xml=${ProjectDir}/extra-linker-defs.xml</MtouchExtraArgs>
     <MtouchArch>i386</MtouchArch>
+    <MtouchLink>SdkOnly</MtouchLink>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|iPhoneSimulator' ">
     <DebugType>none</DebugType>
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@
     <Compile Include="DllImportTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="LocaleTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ReflectionTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="HttpClientHandlerTest.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\BundledResources\BundledResources.csproj">