diff --git a/lib/commands/test-init.ts b/lib/commands/test-init.ts
index 81ba9d02c8..1f9197646e 100644
--- a/lib/commands/test-init.ts
+++ b/lib/commands/test-init.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class TestInitCommand implements ICommand {
 	}
 
 	private frameworkDependencies:IDictionary<string[]> = {
-		jasmine: [],
 		mocha: ['chai'],
 	};
 
@@ -33,8 +32,9 @@ class TestInitCommand implements ICommand {
 				this.$errors.fail(`Unknown or unsupported unit testing framework: ${frameworkToInstall}`);
 			}
 
+			let dependencies = this.frameworkDependencies[frameworkToInstall] || [];
 			['karma', 'karma-' + frameworkToInstall, 'karma-nativescript-launcher']
-			.concat(this.frameworkDependencies[frameworkToInstall].map(f => 'karma-' + f))
+			.concat(dependencies.map(f => 'karma-' + f))
 			.forEach(mod => {
 				this.$npm.install(mod, projectDir, {
 					'save-dev': true,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class TestInitCommand implements ICommand {
 
 			let karmaConfTemplate = this.$resources.readText('test/karma.conf.js').wait();
 			let karmaConf = _.template(karmaConfTemplate)({
-				frameworks: [frameworkToInstall].concat(this.frameworkDependencies[frameworkToInstall])
+				frameworks: [frameworkToInstall].concat(dependencies)
 					.map(fw => `'${fw}'`)
 					.join(', ')
 			});
diff --git a/lib/constants.ts b/lib/constants.ts
index 8fe70a7724..d2824b15e2 100644
--- a/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/lib/constants.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export let PACKAGE_JSON_FILE_NAME = "package.json";
 export let NODE_MODULE_CACHE_PATH_KEY_NAME = "node-modules-cache-path";
 export let DEFAULT_APP_IDENTIFIER_PREFIX = "org.nativescript";
 export var LIVESYNC_EXCLUDED_DIRECTORIES = ["app_resources"];
-export var TESTING_FRAMEWORKS = ['jasmine', 'mocha'];
+export var TESTING_FRAMEWORKS = ['jasmine', 'mocha', 'qunit'];
 export let TEST_RUNNER_NAME = "nativescript-unit-test-runner";
 
 export class ReleaseType {
diff --git a/resources/test/example.qunit.js b/resources/test/example.qunit.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6933144e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/test/example.qunit.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// A sample QUnit test
+QUnit.test("equal test", function (assert) {
+  assert.equal( 0, 0, "Zero, Zero; equal succeeds" );
+  assert.equal( "", 0, "Empty, Zero; equal succeeds" );
+  assert.equal( "", "", "Empty, Empty; equal succeeds" );
+  assert.equal( 0, false, "Zero, false; equal succeeds" );
+});