diff --git a/Tests/test_image_rotate.py b/Tests/test_image_rotate.py
index 5bf2e15ee..9ee01db44 100644
--- a/Tests/test_image_rotate.py
+++ b/Tests/test_image_rotate.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ class TestImageRotate(PillowTestCase):
             self.rotate(im, im.mode, angle)
 
     def test_resample(self):
+        # Target image creation, inspected by eye. 
         # >>> im = Image.open('Tests/images/hopper.ppm')
         # >>> im = im.rotate(45, resample=Image.BICUBIC, expand=True)         
         # >>> im.save('Tests/images/hopper_45.png')
@@ -45,6 +46,51 @@ class TestImageRotate(PillowTestCase):
             im = im.rotate(45, resample=resample, expand=True)
             self.assert_image_similar(im, target, epsilon)
 
+    def test_center_0(self):
+        im = hopper()
+        target = Image.open('Tests/images/hopper_45.png')
+        target_origin = target.size[1]/2
+        target = target.crop((0, target_origin, 128, target_origin + 128))
+
+        im = im.rotate(45, center=(0,0), resample=Image.BICUBIC)
+
+        self.assert_image_similar(im, target, 15)
+
+    def test_center_14(self):
+        im = hopper()
+        target = Image.open('Tests/images/hopper_45.png')
+        target_origin = target.size[1] / 2 - 14
+        target = target.crop((6, target_origin, 128 + 6, target_origin + 128))
+
+        im = im.rotate(45, center=(14,14), resample=Image.BICUBIC)
+
+        self.assert_image_similar(im, target, 10)
+
+    def test_translate(self):
+        im = hopper()
+        target = Image.open('Tests/images/hopper_45.png')
+        target_origin = (target.size[1] / 2 - 64) - 5
+        target = target.crop((target_origin, target_origin,
+                              target_origin + 128,  target_origin + 128))
+
+        im = im.rotate(45, translate=(5,5), resample=Image.BICUBIC)
+
+        self.assert_image_similar(im, target, 1)
+
+    def test_fastpath_center(self):
+        # if the center is -1,-1 and we rotate by 90<=x<=270 the
+        # resulting image should be black
+        for angle in (90, 180, 270):
+            im = hopper().rotate(angle, center=(-1,-1))
+            self.assert_image_equal(im, Image.new('RGB', im.size, 'black'))
+
+    def test_fastpath_translate(self):
+        # if we post-translate by -128
+        # resulting image should be black
+        for angle in (0, 90, 180, 270):
+            im = hopper().rotate(angle, translate=(-128,-128))
+            self.assert_image_equal(im, Image.new('RGB', im.size, 'black'))
+
     def test_center(self):
         im = hopper()
         self.rotate(im, im.mode, 45, center=(0, 0))