diff --git a/tests/lib/custom-release-notes.js b/tests/lib/custom-release-notes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9527d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib/custom-release-notes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+'use strict'
+
+module.exports = function (cb) {
+  cb(null, 'custom log')
+}
diff --git a/tests/scenarios/postpublish.js b/tests/scenarios/postpublish.js
index 06ea6e98..302b04e9 100644
--- a/tests/scenarios/postpublish.js
+++ b/tests/scenarios/postpublish.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
+var path = require('path')
+
 var efh = require('error-first-handler')
 var GitHubApi = require('github')
 var nixt = require('nixt')
@@ -25,19 +27,13 @@ module.exports = function (test, createModule) {
     }
   }, efh()(function (name, cwd) {
     test('postpublish', function (t) {
-      var base = nixt()
-          .cwd(cwd)
-          .env('CI', true)
-          .env('GH_URL', 'http://127.0.0.1:4343/')
-          .env('GH_TOKEN', '***')
-          .exec('git commit --allow-empty -m "feat(cool): the next big thing"')
-          .code(0)
-          .stdout(/> semantic-release post\n\nGenerating changelog from.*\nParsed/m)
+      var base = getBase(cwd)
 
       t.test('publish new version to github releases', function (t) {
         t.plan(1)
 
         base.clone()
+          .stdout(/> semantic-release post\n\nGenerating changelog from.*\nParsed/m)
           .run('npm run postpublish')
           .end(function (err) {
             t.error(err, 'nixt')
@@ -48,6 +44,7 @@ module.exports = function (test, createModule) {
         t.plan(1)
 
         base.clone()
+          .stdout(/> semantic-release post\n\nGenerating changelog from.*\nParsed/m)
           .exec('git checkout `git rev-parse HEAD`')
           .run('npm run postpublish')
           .end(function (err) {
@@ -68,4 +65,51 @@ module.exports = function (test, createModule) {
       })
     })
   }))
+
+  createModule({
+    version: '2.0.0',
+    repository: {
+      type: 'git',
+      url: 'http://github.com/user/repo'
+    },
+    release: {
+      notes: path.join(__dirname, '../lib/custom-release-notes')
+    }
+  }, efh()(function (name, cwd) {
+    test('custom-release-notes', function (t) {
+      var base = getBase(cwd)
+
+      t.test('publish new version (with custom notes) to github releases', function (t) {
+        t.plan(1)
+
+        base.clone()
+          .run('npm run postpublish')
+          .end(function (err) {
+            t.error(err, 'nixt')
+          })
+      })
+
+      t.test('custom notes published', function (t) {
+        t.plan(4)
+
+        github.releases.getRelease({ owner: 'user', repo: 'repo', id: 3}, function (err, raw) {
+          var res = JSON.parse(raw)
+          t.error(err, 'github')
+          t.is(res.tag_name, 'v2.0.0', 'version')
+          t.is(res.author.login, 'user', 'user')
+          t.ok(/custom log/.test(res.body), 'body')
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  }))
+}
+
+function getBase (cwd) {
+  return nixt()
+    .cwd(cwd)
+    .env('CI', true)
+    .env('GH_URL', 'http://127.0.0.1:4343/')
+    .env('GH_TOKEN', '***')
+    .exec('git commit --allow-empty -m "feat(cool): the next big thing"')
+    .code(0)
 }