diff --git a/toolkit/content/tests/widgets/Makefile.in b/toolkit/content/tests/widgets/Makefile.in
index 5e9688c19b26..9bf02061b49e 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/tests/widgets/Makefile.in
+++ b/toolkit/content/tests/widgets/Makefile.in
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ _TEST_FILES =	\
 		videomask.css \
 		$(NULL)
 
+_CHROME_TEST_FILES = \
+		test_editor_currentURI.xul \
+		$(NULL)
+
 ifneq (cocoa,$(MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT))
 _TEST_FILES += test_menubar.xul \
                window_menubar.xul
@@ -87,3 +91,7 @@ libs:: $(_CHROME_FILES)
 
 libs:: $(_TEST_FILES)
 	$(INSTALL) $(foreach f,$^,"$f") $(DEPTH)/_tests/testing/mochitest/tests/$(relativesrcdir)
+
+libs:: $(_CHROME_TEST_FILES)
+	$(INSTALL) $(foreach f,$^,"$f") $(DEPTH)/_tests/testing/mochitest/chrome/$(relativesrcdir)
+
diff --git a/toolkit/content/tests/widgets/test_editor_currentURI.xul b/toolkit/content/tests/widgets/test_editor_currentURI.xul
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2821b8196e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolkit/content/tests/widgets/test_editor_currentURI.xul
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://global/skin"
+                 type="text/css"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://mochikit/content/tests/SimpleTest/test.css"
+                 type="text/css"?>
+<window xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"
+        title="Editor currentURI Tests" onload="runTest();">
+  <title>Editor currentURI Tests</title>
+  <script type="application/javascript"
+          src="chrome://mochikit/content/tests/SimpleTest/EventUtils.js"/>
+  <script type="application/javascript"
+          src="chrome://mochikit/content/tests/SimpleTest/SimpleTest.js"/>
+
+  <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+  <p/>
+  <editor xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"
+          id="editor"
+          type="content"
+          editortype="html"
+          style="width: 400px; height: 100px;"/>
+  <p/>
+  <pre id="test">
+  </pre>
+  </body>
+  <script class="testbody" type="application/javascript">
+  <![CDATA[
+
+  SimpleTest.waitForExplicitFinish();
+
+  function runTest() {
+    var editor = document.getElementById("editor");
+    // Check that currentURI is a property of editor.
+    var result = "currentURI" in editor;
+    is(result, true, "currentURI is a property of editor");
+    is(editor.currentURI.spec, "about:blank", "currentURI.spec is about:blank");
+    SimpleTest.finish();
+  }
+]]>
+</script>
+</window>
diff --git a/toolkit/content/widgets/editor.xml b/toolkit/content/widgets/editor.xml
index 539891833933..459b86c1a505 100644
--- a/toolkit/content/widgets/editor.xml
+++ b/toolkit/content/widgets/editor.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@
       <property name="docShell"
                 onget="return this.boxObject.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIContainerBoxObject).docShell;"
                 readonly="true"/>
+      <property name="currentURI"
+                readonly="true"
+                onget="return this.webNavigation.currentURI;"/>
       <property name="contentWindow"
                 readonly="true"
                 onget="return this.docShell.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIInterfaceRequestor).getInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIDOMWindow);"/>
