diff --git a/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
index 7b23695ac..d9501a19c 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/application_controller_spec.rb
@@ -124,4 +124,39 @@ describe ApplicationController, :type => :controller do
       expect(@controller.send(:after_sign_out_path_for, alice)).to eq(new_user_session_path)
     end
   end
+
+  describe "#set_grammatical_gender" do
+    it "is called on page load" do
+      expect(@controller).to receive(:set_grammatical_gender)
+      get :index
+    end
+
+    context "for inflected locales" do
+      before do
+        alice.language = :pl
+        alice.save
+      end
+
+      it "returns nil for an empty gender" do
+        alice.person.profile.gender = ""
+        alice.person.profile.save
+        get :index
+        expect(assigns[:grammatical_gender]).to be_nil
+      end
+
+      it "returns nil for an unrecognized gender" do
+        alice.person.profile.gender = "robot"
+        alice.person.profile.save
+        get :index
+        expect(assigns[:grammatical_gender]).to be_nil
+      end
+
+      it "sets the correct grammatical gender" do
+        alice.person.profile.gender = "ona"
+        alice.person.profile.save
+        get :index
+        expect(assigns[:grammatical_gender]).to eq(:f)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end