diff --git a/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb b/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
index e86a60a42b517b8c3dec7b51a3be15232267b49a..7a2fe750f409a48a546f82cc9d5409db8d26b94e 100644
--- a/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mailers/notify_spec.rb
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ describe Notify do
           it 'contains a link to the new issue' do
             should have_body_text /#{project_issue_path project, issue}/
           end
+
+          it 'has the correct message-id set' do
+            should have_header 'Message-ID', "<issue_#{issue.id}@#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.host}>"
+          end
         end
 
         describe 'that are new with a description' do
@@ -197,6 +201,10 @@ describe Notify do
           it 'contains a link to the issue' do
             should have_body_text /#{project_issue_path project, issue}/
           end
+
+          it 'has the correct reference set' do
+            should have_header 'References', "<issue_#{issue.id}@#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.host}>"
+          end
         end
 
         describe 'status changed' do
@@ -224,6 +232,10 @@ describe Notify do
           it 'contains a link to the issue' do
             should have_body_text /#{project_issue_path project, issue}/
           end
+
+          it 'has the correct reference set' do
+            should have_header 'References', "<issue_#{issue.id}@#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.host}>"
+          end
         end
 
       end
@@ -253,6 +265,10 @@ describe Notify do
           it 'contains the target branch for the merge request' do
             should have_body_text /#{merge_request.target_branch}/
           end
+
+          it 'has the correct message-id set' do
+            should have_header 'Message-ID', "<merge_request_#{merge_request.id}@#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.host}>"
+          end
         end
 
         describe 'that are new with a description' do
@@ -313,6 +329,10 @@ describe Notify do
           it 'contains a link to the merge request' do
             should have_body_text /#{project_merge_request_path project, merge_request}/
           end
+
+          it 'has the correct reference set' do
+            should have_header 'References', "<merge_request_#{merge_request.id}@#{Gitlab.config.gitlab.host}>"
+          end
         end
       end
     end