diff --git a/html/forms/test-transport.inc.php b/html/forms/test-transport.inc.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..121961ee07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/html/forms/test-transport.inc.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * LibreNMS
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Neil Lathwood <https://github.com/laf/ http://www.lathwood.co.uk/fa>
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.  Please see LICENSE.txt at the top level of
+ * the source code distribution for details.
+ */
+
+if (is_admin() === false) {
+    die('ERROR: You need to be admin');
+}
+
+$transport = mres($_POST['transport']);
+
+$obj = array(
+    'contacts' => $config['alert']['default_mail'],
+    'title'    => 'Testing transport from ' . $config['project_name'],
+    'msg'      => 'This is a test alert',
+    'severity' => 'critical',
+    'state'    => 'critical',
+    'hostname' => 'testing',
+    'name'     => 'Testing rule',
+);
+
+unset($obj);
+$obj['contacts'] = 'test';
+$obj['title'] = 'test';
+$obj['msg'] = 'test';
+$obj['severity'] = 'test';
+$obj['state'] = 'test';
+$obj['hostname'] = 'test';
+$obj['name'] = 'test';
+
+$status = 'error';
+
+if (file_exists($config['install_dir']."/includes/alerts/transport.$transport.php")) {
+    $opts = $config['alert']['transports'][$transport];
+    if ($opts) {
+        eval('$tmp = function($obj,$opts) { global $config; '.file_get_contents($config['install_dir'].'/includes/alerts/transport.'.$transport.'.php').' };');
+        $tmp = $tmp($obj,$opts);
+        if ($tmp) {
+            $status = 'ok';
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+echo _json_encode(array('status' => $status));
diff --git a/html/pages/settings/alerting.inc.php b/html/pages/settings/alerting.inc.php
index 9282284eea..74ed2be549 100644
--- a/html/pages/settings/alerting.inc.php
+++ b/html/pages/settings/alerting.inc.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ echo '
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#email_transport_expand">Email transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#email_transport_expand">Email transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="mail" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="email_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ foreach ($dyn_config['email_smtp_secure'] as $secure) {
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#api_transport_expand">API transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#api_transport_expand">API transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="api" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="api_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ foreach ($api_urls as $api_url) {
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#pagerduty_transport_expand">Pagerduty transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#pagerduty_transport_expand">Pagerduty transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="pagerduty" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="pagerduty_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ else {
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#nagios_transport_expand">Nagios compatible transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#nagios_transport_expand">Nagios compatible transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="nagios" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="nagios_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ else {
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#irc_transport_expand">IRC transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#irc_transport_expand">IRC transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="irc" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="irc_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ else {
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#slack_transport_expand">Slack transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#slack_transport_expand">Slack transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="slack" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="slack_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ foreach ($slack_urls as $slack_url) {
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#hipchat_transport_expand">Hipchat transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#hipchat_transport_expand">Hipchat transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="hipchat" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="hipchat_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ foreach ($hipchat_urls as $hipchat_url) {
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#pushover_transport_expand">Pushover transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#pushover_transport_expand">Pushover transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="pushover" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="pushover_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ echo '<div id="pushover_appkey_template" class="hide">
         <div class="panel panel-default">
             <div class="panel-heading">
                 <h4 class="panel-title">
-                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#boxcar_transport_expand">Boxcar transport</a>
+                    <a data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href="#boxcar_transport_expand">Boxcar transport</a> <button name="test-alert" id="test-alert" type="button" data-transport="boxcar" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs pull-right">Test transport</button>
                 </h4>
             </div>
             <div id="boxcar_transport_expand" class="panel-collapse collapse">
@@ -814,6 +814,16 @@ echo '<div id="boxcar_appkey_template" class="hide">
 
     $(".toolTip").tooltip();
 
+    $("button#test-alert").click(function() {
+        var transport = $(this).data("transport");
+        $.ajax({
+            type: 'POST',
+            url: '/ajax_form.php',
+            data: { type: "test-transport", transport: transport },
+            dataType: "json"
+        });
+    });
+
     apiIndex = 0;
 
     // Add API config