diff --git a/stable/consul/Chart.yaml b/stable/consul/Chart.yaml
index 3e49532781..c3f592da8c 100755
--- a/stable/consul/Chart.yaml
+++ b/stable/consul/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: consul
 home: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul
-version: 0.2.5
-appVersion: 0.7.5
+version: 0.3.0
+appVersion: 0.8.3
 description: Highly available and distributed service discovery and key-value store designed with support for the modern data center to make distributed systems and configuration easy.
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hashicorp/consul/bce3809dfca37b883828c3715b84143dd71c0f85/website/source/assets/images/favicons/android-chrome-512x512.png
 sources:
diff --git a/stable/consul/README.md b/stable/consul/README.md
index 45cb0b0524..090f75c2c7 100644
--- a/stable/consul/README.md
+++ b/stable/consul/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ The following tables lists the configurable parameters of the consul chart and t
 | `ui.enabled`            | Enable Consul Web UI                  | `false`                                                    |
 | `uiService.enabled`     | Create dedicated Consul Web UI svc    | `false`                                                    |
 | `uiService.type`        | Dedicate Consul Web UI svc type       | `NodePort`                                                 |
+| `test.image`        | Test container image requires kubectl + bash (used for helm test)      | `lachlanevenson/k8s-kubectl`                                                 |
+| `test.imageTag`        | Test container image tag  (used for helm test)     | `v1.4.8-bash`                                                 |
 
 Specify each parameter using the `--set key=value[,key=value]` argument to `helm install`.
 
@@ -72,7 +74,15 @@ $ kubectl delete pvc -l component=${RELEASE-NAME}-consul
 
 ## Testing
 
-Execute test.sh. It will confirm that there are at least 3 consul servers present.
+Helm tests are included and they confirm the first three cluster members have quorum.
+
+```bash
+helm test <RELEASE_NAME>
+RUNNING: inky-marsupial-ui-test-nn6lv
+PASSED: inky-marsupial-ui-test-nn6lv
+```
+
+It will confirm that there are at least 3 consul servers present.
 
 ## Cluster Health
 
diff --git a/stable/consul/templates/NOTES.txt b/stable/consul/templates/NOTES.txt
index 156e3bf8b4..0e3a5b6f08 100644
--- a/stable/consul/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/stable/consul/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 1. Watch all cluster members come up.
   $ kubectl get pods --namespace={{ .Release.Namespace }} -w
-2. Confirm consul cluster is healthy
-  $ kubectl exec {{ .Release.Name }}-consul-0 consul members --namespace={{ .Release.Namespace }} | grep server
+2. Test cluster health using Helm test.
+  $ helm test {{ .Release.Name }}
+3. (Optional) Manually confirm consul cluster is healthy.
+  $ kubectl exec {{ .Release.Name }}-consul-0 consul members --namespace={{ .Release.Namespace }} | grep server
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diff --git a/stable/consul/templates/consul-test.yaml b/stable/consul/templates/consul-test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3129b3b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stable/consul/templates/consul-test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: "{{.Release.Name}}-ui-test-{{ randAlphaNum 5 | lower }}"
+  annotations:
+    "helm.sh/hook": test-success
+    "pod.beta.kubernetes.io/init-containers": '[
+      {
+        "name": "test-framework",
+        "image": "dduportal/bats:0.4.0",
+        "command": ["bash", "-c", "
+          set -ex\n
+          # copy bats to tools dir\n
+          cp -R /usr/local/libexec/ /tools/bats/\n
+        "],
+        "volumeMounts": [
+          {"name": "tools", "mountPath": "/tools"}
+        ]
+      }
+    ]'
+spec:
+  containers:
+    - name: {{.Release.Name}}-ui-test
+      image: {{.Values.test.image}}:{{.Values.test.imageTag}}
+      command: ["/tools/bats/bats", "-t", "/tests/run.sh"]
+      volumeMounts:
+      - mountPath: /tests
+        name: tests
+        readOnly: true
+      - mountPath: /tools
+        name: tools
+  volumes:
+  - name: tests
+    configMap:
+      name: {{ template "fullname" . }}-tests
+  - name: tools
+    emptyDir: {}
+  restartPolicy: Never
diff --git a/stable/consul/templates/test-config.yaml b/stable/consul/templates/test-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a8ae7a005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stable/consul/templates/test-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "fullname" . }}-tests
+data:
+  run.sh: |-
+    @test "Testing Consul cluster has quorum" {
+      for i in {0..2}; do
+        if [ `kubectl exec {{.Release.Name}}-consul-$i consul members --namespace={{.Release.Namespace}} | grep server | wc -l` -ge "3" ]; then
+          echo "{{.Release.Name}}-consul-$i OK. consul members returning at least 3 records."
+        else
+          echo "{{.Release.Name}}-consul-$i ERROR. consul members returning less than 3 records."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+      done
+    }
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diff --git a/stable/consul/test.sh b/stable/consul/test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f30843b976..0000000000
--- a/stable/consul/test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-RELEASE=$1
-NS=$2
-
-if [ -z $RELEASE ]; then
-	echo "Please specify Helm release name. eg. test.sh winsome-shark consul"
-	exit 1
-elif [ -z $NS ]; then
-	echo "Please specify a Kubernetes namespace. eg. test.sh winsome-shark consul"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-for i in {0..2}; do
-	if [ `kubectl exec $RELEASE-consul-$i consul members --namespace=$NS | grep server | wc -l` -ge "3" ]; then
-    		echo "$RELEASE-consul-$i OK. consul members returning at least 3 records."
-	else
-    		echo "$RELEASE-consul-$i ERROR. consul members returning less than 3 records."
-    		exit 1
-	fi
-done
diff --git a/stable/consul/values.yaml b/stable/consul/values.yaml
index f6405b29e0..31f0f3ea82 100644
--- a/stable/consul/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/consul/values.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ConsulDnsPort: 8600
 Component: "consul"
 Replicas: 3
 Image: "consul"
-ImageTag: "0.7.5"
+ImageTag: "0.8.3"
 ImagePullPolicy: "Always"
 Cpu: "100m"
 Memory: "256Mi"
@@ -44,3 +44,8 @@ ui:
 uiService:
   enabled: true
   type: "NodePort"
+
+## test container details
+test:
+  image: lachlanevenson/k8s-kubectl
+  imageTag: v1.4.8-bash