diff --git a/tests/test_entities.py b/tests/test_entities.py
index eeeb9b71..b3c1b20c 100644
--- a/tests/test_entities.py
+++ b/tests/test_entities.py
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ def test_id_and_which(self):
             (entities.Host, 'smart_class_parameters'),
             (entities.Host, 'ansible_roles'),
             (entities.Host, 'assign_ansible_roles'),
+            (entities.Host, 'play_roles'),
             (entities.HostGroup, 'ansible_roles'),
             (entities.HostGroup, 'assign_ansible_roles'),
             (entities.HostGroup, 'clone'),
@@ -3163,6 +3164,22 @@ def test_disassociate(self):
         self.assertEqual(len(put.call_args[1]), 0)  # post called with no keyword argument
         self.assertEqual(put.call_args[0][0], 'foo/api/v2/hosts/42/disassociate')
 
+    def test_play_ansible_roles(self):
+        """Play Ansible roles"""
+        cfg = config.ServerConfig(url='foo')
+        host = entities.Host(cfg, id=42)
+        exp_ret = mock.MagicMock()
+        exp_ret.status = ACCEPTED
+        exp_ret.content = {'bar': 'baz', 'task_id': 43}
+        with mock.patch.object(client, 'post', return_value=exp_ret) as post:
+            res = host.play_ansible_roles()
+        self.assertEqual(post.call_count, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(post.call_args), 2)
+        self.assertEqual(len(post.call_args[0]), 1)  # post called with 1 positional argument
+        self.assertEqual(len(post.call_args[1]), 0)  # post called with no keyword argument
+        self.assertEqual(post.call_args[0][0], 'foo/api/v2/hosts/42/play_roles')
+        self.assertEqual(res, 43)
+
 
 class PuppetClassTestCase(TestCase):
     """Tests for :class:`nailgun.entities.PuppetClass`."""