diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 8405d992..5f58bf54 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -70,4 +70,5 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'factory_girl_rails', '~> 4.0'
   gem 'faker'
+  gem 'capybara'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 27e48df4..2ce2d80c 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ GEM
       net-ssh-gateway (>= 1.1.0)
     capistrano-ext (1.2.1)
       capistrano (>= 1.0.0)
+    capybara (2.0.2)
+      mime-types (>= 1.16)
+      nokogiri (>= 1.3.3)
+      rack (>= 1.0.0)
+      rack-test (>= 0.5.4)
+      selenium-webdriver (~> 2.0)
+      xpath (~> 1.0.0)
+    childprocess (0.3.9)
+      ffi (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.11)
     chronic (0.9.0)
     client_side_validations (3.1.4)
     coderay (1.0.8)
@@ -96,6 +105,7 @@ GEM
       railties (>= 3.0.0)
     faker (1.1.2)
       i18n (~> 0.5)
+    ffi (1.4.0)
     haml (3.1.7)
     haml-rails (0.3.5)
       actionpack (>= 3.1, < 4.1)
@@ -153,6 +163,7 @@ GEM
     net-ssh (2.6.7)
     net-ssh-gateway (1.2.0)
       net-ssh (>= 2.6.5)
+    nokogiri (1.5.10)
     pdf-reader (1.2.0)
       Ascii85 (~> 1.0.0)
       hashery (~> 2.0)
@@ -215,11 +226,17 @@ GEM
       rspec-expectations (~> 2.14.0)
       rspec-mocks (~> 2.14.0)
     ruby-rc4 (0.1.5)
+    rubyzip (0.9.9)
     sass (3.2.1)
     sass-rails (3.2.5)
       railties (~> 3.2.0)
       sass (>= 3.1.10)
       tilt (~> 1.3)
+    selenium-webdriver (2.31.0)
+      childprocess (>= 0.2.5)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0)
+      rubyzip
+      websocket (~> 1.0.4)
     simple-navigation (3.9.0)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.2)
     simple-navigation-bootstrap (0.0.4)
@@ -264,12 +281,15 @@ GEM
     uniform_notifier (1.1.1)
     vegas (0.1.11)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
+    websocket (1.0.7)
     whenever (0.8.1)
       activesupport (>= 2.3.4)
       chronic (>= 0.6.3)
     wikicloth (0.8.0)
       builder
       expression_parser
+    xpath (1.0.0)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.3)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -284,6 +304,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bullet
   capistrano (= 2.13.5)
   capistrano-ext
+  capybara
   client_side_validations
   coffee-rails (~> 3.2.1)
   daemons
diff --git a/spec/integration/session_spec.rb b/spec/integration/session_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81eb65d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/integration/session_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'the session', :type => :feature do
+  let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create :user }
+
+  describe 'login page', :type => :feature do
+    it 'is accesible' do
+      get login_path
+      expect(response).to be_success
+    end
+    it 'logs me in' do
+      login user.nick, user.password
+      expect(page).to_not have_selector('.alert-error')
+    end
+    it 'does not log me in with wrong password' do
+      login user.nick, 'XX'+user.password 
+      expect(page).to have_selector('.alert-error')
+    end
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 5bf80082..36cda713 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
 require 'rspec/rails'
 require 'rspec/autorun'
 
+require 'capybara/rails'
+require 'capybara/rspec'
+
 # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
 # in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
 Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
@@ -17,9 +20,6 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   # config.mock_with :flexmock
   # config.mock_with :rr
 
-  # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
-  config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
-
   # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
   # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
   # instead of true.
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
   # the seed, which is printed after each run.
   #     --seed 1234
   config.order = "random"
+
+  config.include(SessionHelper)
 end
 
 module Faker
@@ -46,3 +48,12 @@ module Faker
     end
   end
 end
+
+# include default foodsoft scope in urls, so that *_path works
+ActionDispatch::Integration::Runner.class_eval do
+  undef default_url_options
+  def default_url_options(options={})
+      {foodcoop: FoodsoftConfig.scope}.merge(options)
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/spec/support/session_helper.rb b/spec/support/session_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c54d3362
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/session_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+module SessionHelper
+
+  def login(nick=nil, password=nil)
+    visit login_path
+    if nick.nil?
+      user = FactoryGirl.create :user
+      nick, password = user.nick, user.password
+    end
+    fill_in 'nick', :with => nick
+    fill_in 'password', :with => password
+    find('input[type=submit]').click
+  end
+
+end