diff --git a/clients/stellarcore/client_test.go b/clients/stellarcore/client_test.go
index 6cfd01b210..5bea23bd65 100644
--- a/clients/stellarcore/client_test.go
+++ b/clients/stellarcore/client_test.go
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
+	"github.com/stellar/go/keypair"
 	proto "github.com/stellar/go/protocols/stellarcore"
 	"github.com/stellar/go/support/http/httptest"
+	"github.com/stellar/go/xdr"
 )
 
 func TestSubmitTransaction(t *testing.T) {
@@ -75,3 +78,28 @@ func TestManualClose_NotAvailable(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.EqualError(t, err, "exception in response: Set MANUAL_CLOSE=true")
 }
+
+func TestGetLedgerEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	hmock := httptest.NewClient()
+	c := &Client{HTTP: hmock, URL: "http://localhost:11626"}
+
+	// happy path - new transaction
+	hmock.On("GET", "http://localhost:11626/getledgerentry").
+		ReturnString(http.StatusOK,
+			`{"ledger": 1234, "entries": [ {"e": "pretend it's xdr lol", "state": "Dead" }]}`,
+		)
+
+	var key xdr.LedgerKey
+	acc, err := xdr.AddressToAccountId(keypair.MustRandom().Address())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	key.SetAccount(acc)
+
+	resp, err := c.GetLedgerEntries(context.Background(), 1234, key)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.EqualValues(t, 1234, resp.Ledger)
+	require.Len(t, resp.Entries, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, resp.Entries[0].State, proto.DeadState)
+
+	require.EqualError(t, err, "exception in response: Set MANUAL_CLOSE=true")
+}