diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_import.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_import.py
index 77532959d7..3f2c005268 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_import.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/tests/test_import.py
@@ -349,6 +349,23 @@ class ImportTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         sa_id = "edX/sa_test/2012_Fall"
         location = Location(["i4x", "edX", "sa_test", "selfassessment", "SampleQuestion"])
+        # import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
         sa_sample = modulestore.get_instance(sa_id, location)
         #10 attempts is hard coded into SampleQuestion, which is the url_name of a selfassessment xml tag
         self.assertEqual(sa_sample.metadata['attempts'], '10')
+
+    def test_graphicslidertool_import(self):
+        '''
+        Check to see if definition_from_xml in gst_module.py
+        works properly.  Pulls data from the graphic_slider_tool directory
+        in the test data directory.
+        '''
+        modulestore = XMLModuleStore(DATA_DIR, course_dirs=['graphic_slider_tool'])
+
+        sa_id = "edX/gst_test/2012_Fall"
+        location = Location(["i4x", "edX", "gst_test", "graphical_slider_tool", "sample_gst"])
+        gst_sample = modulestore.get_instance(sa_id, location)
+        render_string_from_sample_gst_xml = """
+        <slider var="a" style="width:400px;float:left;"/>\
+<plot style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;"/>""".strip()
+        self.assertEqual(gst_sample.definition['render'], render_string_from_sample_gst_xml)
diff --git a/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/course/2012_Fall.xml b/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/course/2012_Fall.xml
index a51e027c2e..2983c85dd5 100644
--- a/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/course/2012_Fall.xml
+++ b/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/course/2012_Fall.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <course>
   <chapter url_name="Overview">
-    <gst url_name="sample_gst"/>
+    <graphical_slider_tool url_name="sample_gst"/>
   </chapter>
 </course>
diff --git a/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/gst/sample_gst.xml b/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/graphical_slider_tool/sample_gst.xml
similarity index 55%
rename from common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/gst/sample_gst.xml
rename to common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/graphical_slider_tool/sample_gst.xml
index 21b6483efe..bd0360fde8 100644
--- a/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/gst/sample_gst.xml
+++ b/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/graphical_slider_tool/sample_gst.xml
@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
-<vertical>
+
     <graphical_slider_tool>
       <render>
-        <h2>Graphic slider tool: Dynamic range and implicit functions.</h2>
-
-        <p>You can make x range (not ticks of x axis) of functions to depend on
-          parameter value. This can be useful when function domain depends
-          on parameter.</p>
-        <p>Also implicit functons like circle can be plotted as 2 separate
-            functions of same color.</p>
-         <div style="height:50px;">
-         <slider var='a' style="width:400px;float:left;"/>
-         <textbox var='a' style="float:left;width:60px;margin-left:15px;"/>
-       </div>
-        <plot style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;"/>
+<slider var='a' style="width:400px;float:left;"/><plot style="margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;"/>
       </render>
       <configuration>
         <parameters>
@@ -38,4 +27,4 @@
         </plot>
       </configuration>
     </graphical_slider_tool>
-</vertical>
+
diff --git a/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/policies/2012_Fall.json b/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/policies/2012_Fall.json
index 640c1a9114..6958f8432c 100644
--- a/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/policies/2012_Fall.json
+++ b/common/test/data/graphic_slider_tool/policies/2012_Fall.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "chapter/Overview": {
         "display_name": "Overview"
     },
-    "gst/sample_gst": {
+    "graphical_slider_tool/sample_gst": {
         "display_name": "Sample GST",
     },
 }