diff --git a/features/notifications.feature b/features/notifications.feature
index e4878d479..5f6b7d254 100644
--- a/features/notifications.feature
+++ b/features/notifications.feature
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ Feature: Notifications
     Given a user with email "bob@bob.bob"
     And a user with email "alice@alice.alice"
     When I sign in as "bob@bob.bob"
+
+  Scenario: someone shares with me
     And I am on "alice@alice.alice"'s page
     And I add the person to my 1st aspect
     And I go to the destroy user session page
-
-  Scenario: someone shares with me
     When I sign in as "alice@alice.alice"
     And I follow "notifications" in the header
     And I wait for the ajax to finish
@@ -20,3 +20,21 @@ Feature: Notifications
     Then I should see "started sharing with you"
     When I follow "View all"
     Then I should see "started sharing with you"
+
+  Scenario: someone re-shares my post
+    And a user with email "bob@bob.bob" is connected with "alice@alice.alice"
+    And "alice@alice.alice" has a public post with text "reshare this!"
+    And I am on "alice@alice.alice"'s page
+    And I preemptively confirm the alert
+    And I follow "Reshare"
+    And I wait for the ajax to finish
+
+    And I go to the destroy user session page
+    When I sign in as "alice@alice.alice"
+
+    And I follow "notifications" in the header
+    And I wait for the ajax to finish
+    Then the notification dropdown should be visible
+    Then I should see "reshared your post"
+    When I follow "View all"
+    Then I should see "reshared your post"
diff --git a/features/repost.feature b/features/reshare.feature
similarity index 100%
rename from features/repost.feature
rename to features/reshare.feature
diff --git a/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb b/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
index 91319f460..d64095a94 100644
--- a/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/reshare_spec.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,19 @@ describe Reshare do
     end
   end
 
+  describe '#notification_type' do
+    before do
+      @reshare = Factory.create(:reshare, :author => alice.person)
+    end
+    it 'does not return anything for the author' do
+      @reshare.notification_type(bob, @reshare.author).should be_nil
+    end
+
+    it 'returns private mesage for an actual receiver' do
+      @reshare.notification_type(alice, @reshare.author).should == Notifications::PrivateMessage
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "XML" do
     before do
       @reshare = Factory(:reshare)