diff --git a/dialects/kafka/consumer/group_test.go b/dialects/kafka/consumer/group_test.go
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+++ b/dialects/kafka/consumer/group_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package consumer
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+)
+
+func TestGroupHandleConnect(t *testing.T) {
+	client, group, topics, broker, _ := NewMockClient(t)
+	defer broker.Close()
+
+	handle := NewGroupHandle(client)
+	cluster, err := sarama.NewClient([]string{broker.Addr()}, NewMockConfig())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	go handle.Setup(nil)
+
+	err = handle.Connect(cluster, topics, group)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dialects/kafka/consumer/main_test.go b/dialects/kafka/consumer/main_test.go
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index 0000000..a418901
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+++ b/dialects/kafka/consumer/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package consumer
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/Shopify/sarama"
+)
+
+// NewMockClient constructs a new mock client using the default configurations.
+// The constructed client, topics, broker and responder are returned to be used inside the test case.
+func NewMockClient(t *testing.T) (client *Client, group string, topics []string, broker *sarama.MockBroker, responder *sarama.MockFetchResponse) {
+	topic := "mock"
+	broker, responder = NewMockBroker(t, 0, topic)
+
+	topics = []string{topic}
+	brokers := []string{broker.Addr()}
+	group = "mock"
+
+	client = NewClient(brokers, group)
+
+	return client, group, topics, broker, responder
+}
+
+// NewMockBroker constructs a new sarama mock broker.
+// The constructed mock broker and responder are returned which could be used for further configuration.
+// A partition is created for the given topic. The broker is assigned as leader for the given topic + partition.
+func NewMockBroker(t *testing.T, partition int32, topic string) (*sarama.MockBroker, *sarama.MockFetchResponse) {
+	broker := sarama.NewMockBroker(t, 0)
+	responder := sarama.NewMockFetchResponse(t, 1)
+
+	broker.SetHandlerByMap(map[string]sarama.MockResponse{
+		"MetadataRequest": sarama.NewMockMetadataResponse(t).
+			SetBroker(broker.Addr(), broker.BrokerID()).
+			SetLeader(topic, partition, broker.BrokerID()),
+		"OffsetRequest": sarama.NewMockOffsetResponse(t).
+			SetOffset(topic, partition, sarama.OffsetOldest, 0).
+			SetOffset(topic, partition, sarama.OffsetNewest, 1000),
+		"FetchRequest": responder,
+	})
+
+	return broker, responder
+}
+
+// NewMockConfig constructs a new predefined Sarama mock configuration.
+// This configuration contains predefined values such as the cluster version.
+func NewMockConfig() *sarama.Config {
+	config := sarama.NewConfig()
+	config.Version = sarama.V0_10_2_0
+
+	return config
+}