diff --git a/net/http/CMakeLists.txt b/net/http/CMakeLists.txt
index 3121f376cf253..f05d568a01177 100644
--- a/net/http/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/net/http/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1995-2025, Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers.
+# Copyright (C) 1995-2026, Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers.
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # For the licensing terms see $ROOTSYS/LICENSE.
@@ -117,3 +117,5 @@ if(FASTCGI_FOUND)
 else()
   target_compile_definitions(RHTTP PUBLIC -DHTTP_WITHOUT_FASTCGI)
 endif()
+
+ROOT_ADD_TEST_SUBDIRECTORY(test)
diff --git a/net/http/test/CMakeLists.txt b/net/http/test/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..62d10242e72b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/http/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright (C) 1995-2026, Rene Brun and Fons Rademakers.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# For the licensing terms see $ROOTSYS/LICENSE.
+# For the list of contributors see $ROOTSYS/README/CREDITS.
+
+############################################################################
+# CMakeLists.txt file for building ROOT net/http package
+# @author Sergey Linev, GSI
+############################################################################
+
+find_program(CURL_EXECUTABLE curl)
+
+# http server does not work on default Windows configuration
+# so skip testing there
+if(CURL_EXECUTABLE AND NOT WIN32)
+  ROOT_ADD_GTEST(testHttpServer test_server.cxx LIBRARIES RHTTP RHTTPSniff Hist)
+endif()
diff --git a/net/http/test/test_server.cxx b/net/http/test/test_server.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6f3152676d33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/http/test/test_server.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+#include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+
+#include "THttpServer.h"
+#include "TROOT.h"
+
+#include "TSystem.h"
+#include "TNamed.h"
+#include "TRandom.h"
+
+#include "ROOT/TestSupport.hxx"
+
+Int_t httpport = 0;
+TString server_url;
+
+// main http server
+std::string execute_request(const char *url, const char *post = nullptr)
+{
+   TString fname = TString::Format("http_server_%d.output", httpport),
+           pname, exec;
+
+   if (post) {
+      pname = TString::Format("http_server_%d.post", httpport);
+      std::ofstream f(pname.Data());
+      f << post;
+      exec = TString::Format("curl -sS -X POST '%s%s' --data-binary @%s -o %s", server_url.Data(), url, pname.Data(), fname.Data());
+   } else {
+      exec = TString::Format("curl -sS '%s%s' -o %s", server_url.Data(), url, fname.Data());
+   }
+
+   printf("Execute %s\n", exec.Data());
+
+   std::string res;
+
+   if (gSystem->Exec(exec) != 0)
+      res = "<fail>";
+   else
+      res = THttpServer::ReadFileContent(fname.Data());
+
+   gSystem->Unlink(fname);
+   if (!pname.IsNull())
+      gSystem->Unlink(pname);
+
+   return res;
+}
+
+// main http server
+TEST(THttpServer, main)
+{
+   THttpServer serv("");
+
+   gRandom->SetSeed(0);
+
+   for(int ntry = 0; ntry < 100; ++ntry) {
+      Int_t port = (Int_t) (25000 + gRandom->Rndm() * 1000);
+      // only two threads, bind to loopback address only
+      TString arg = TString::Format("http:%d?loopback&thrds=2", port);
+      if (serv.CreateEngine(arg)) {
+         httpport = port;
+         break;
+      }
+   }
+
+   EXPECT_NE(httpport, 0);
+
+   if (!httpport)
+      return;
+
+   server_url = TString::Format("http:/localhost:%d", httpport);
+
+   TNamed obj1("obj1", "title1");
+   TNamed obj2("obj2", "title2");
+
+   serv.Register("/", &obj1);
+   serv.Register("/", &obj2);
+
+   // let process requests in separate thread
+   serv.CreateServerThread();
+
+   // check JSON representation for the object
+   std::string res = execute_request("/obj1/root.json");
+   EXPECT_EQ(res, "{\n"
+                  "  \"_typename\" : \"TNamed\",\n"
+                  "  \"fUniqueID\" : 0,\n"
+                  "  \"fBits\" : 8,\n"
+                  "  \"fName\" : \"obj1\",\n"
+                  "  \"fTitle\" : \"title1\"\n"
+                  "}");
+
+   // check XML representation for the object
+   res = execute_request("/obj1/root.xml");
+   EXPECT_EQ(res, "<Object class=\"TNamed\">\n"
+                  "  <TNamed version=\"1\">\n"
+                  "    <TObject fUniqueID=\"0\" fBits=\"8\"/>\n"
+                  "    <fName str=\"obj1\"/>\n"
+                  "    <fTitle str=\"title1\"/>\n"
+                  "  </TNamed>\n"
+                  "</Object>\n");
+
+
+   // check BINARY representation for the object
+   res = execute_request("/obj1/root.bin");
+   // keep minimal margin for binary format change
+   EXPECT_NEAR(res.length(), 28, 4);
+
+   // check ROOT file creation
+   res = execute_request("/obj1/file.root");
+   // TODO: anlyze why so big size for small object
+   EXPECT_NEAR(res.length(), 2097152, 10000);
+
+   // check item request hierarchy request
+   res = execute_request("/obj1/item.json");
+
+   EXPECT_EQ(res, "{\n"
+                  "  \"_name\" : \"obj1\",\n"
+                  "  \"_root_version\" : " + std::to_string(gROOT->GetVersionCode()) + ",\n"
+                  "  \"_kind\" : \"ROOT.TNamed\",\n"
+                  "  \"_title\" : \"title1\"\n"
+                  "}");
+
+
+   // check multi request to several objects
+   res = execute_request("/multi.json?number=2", "/obj1/root.json\n/obj2/root.json\n");
+   EXPECT_EQ(res, "[{\n"
+                  "  \"_typename\" : \"TNamed\",\n"
+                  "  \"fUniqueID\" : 0,\n"
+                  "  \"fBits\" : 8,\n"
+                  "  \"fName\" : \"obj1\",\n"
+                  "  \"fTitle\" : \"title1\"\n"
+                  "}, {\n"
+                  "  \"_typename\" : \"TNamed\",\n"
+                  "  \"fUniqueID\" : 0,\n"
+                  "  \"fBits\" : 8,\n"
+                  "  \"fName\" : \"obj2\",\n"
+                  "  \"fTitle\" : \"title2\"\n"
+                  "}]");
+
+
+   // by default methods execution is not allowed
+   res = execute_request("/obj1/exe.json?method=GetTitle");
+   EXPECT_EQ(res, "");
+
+
+   // disable readonly to get extra functionality
+   serv.SetReadOnly(kFALSE);
+
+   // only now one can execute method
+   res = execute_request("/obj1/exe.json?method=GetTitle");
+   EXPECT_EQ(res, "\"title1\"");
+
+   res = execute_request("/obj1/exe.json?method=SetTitle&title=NewTitle");
+   EXPECT_EQ(res, "null");
+   EXPECT_EQ(std::string("NewTitle"), obj1.GetTitle());
+   obj1.SetTitle("title1");
+}