diff --git a/jedi/__init__.py b/jedi/__init__.py
index a8439f8c..0bc8e302 100644
--- a/jedi/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/__init__.py
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@ good text editor, while still having very good IDE features for Python.
 __version__ = '0.8.1-final0'
 
 from jedi.api import Script, Interpreter, NotFoundError, set_debug_function
-from jedi.api import preload_module, defined_names
+from jedi.api import preload_module, defined_names, names
 from jedi import settings
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_api_classes.py b/test/test_api/test_api_classes.py
index 29dafb5a..b96a37c2 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_api_classes.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_api_classes.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from inspect import cleandoc
 
 import pytest
 
-from jedi import Script, defined_names, __doc__ as jedi_doc
+from jedi import Script, defined_names, __doc__ as jedi_doc, names
 from ..helpers import cwd_at
 from ..helpers import TestCase
 
@@ -192,3 +192,16 @@ def test_type():
     """
     for c in Script('import os; os.path.').completions():
         assert c.type
+
+
+class TestGotoAssignments(TestCase):
+    """
+    This tests the BaseDefinition.goto_assignments function, not the jedi
+    function. They are not really different in functionality, but really
+    different as an implementation.
+    """
+    def test_basic(self):
+        refs = names('a = 1; a', references=True, definitions=False)
+        assert len(refs) == 1
+        ass = refs[0].goto_assignments()
+        assert ass[0].description == ''