diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/rest/resource/UserRegistrationResource.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/rest/resource/UserRegistrationResource.php
index 9836a5e..1d56933 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/rest/resource/UserRegistrationResource.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Plugin/rest/resource/UserRegistrationResource.php
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public function post(User $account = NULL) {
       }
     });
 
-    $response = new ResourceResponse(NULL, 201);
+    $response = new ResourceResponse(NULL, 201, ['Location' => 'user/' . $account->id()]);
     if (!$context->isEmpty()) {
       $response->addCacheableDependency($context->pop());
     }
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/RegisterUserTest.php b/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/RegisterUserTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ca10b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/rest/src/Tests/RegisterUserTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\rest\Tests\RegisterUserTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\rest\Tests;
+
+
+/**
+ * Tests User Registration.
+ *
+ * @group rest
+ */
+class RegisterUserTest extends RESTTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to install.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = array('hal');
+
+  /**
+   * Enables user registration specific REST API configuration and
+   * authentication.
+   */
+  protected function enableUserRegistrationConfiguration() {
+    // Enabling services for the user registration and GET the new user entity
+    // created.
+    $config = $this->config('rest.settings');
+    $settings = array();
+    $resources = [
+      ['type' => 'rest_user_registration', 'method' => 'POST'],
+      ['type' => 'entity:user', 'method' => 'GET']
+    ];
+    $format = 'hal_json';
+    $auth = $this->defaultAuth;
+    foreach ($resources as $resource) {
+      $settings[$resource['type']][$resource['method']]['supported_formats'][] = $format;
+      $settings[$resource['type']][$resource['method']]['supported_auth'] = $auth;
+      $config->set('resources', $settings);
+      $config->save();
+    }
+    $this->rebuildCache();
+
+    // Permissions for the user registration.
+    $permissions[] = 'restful post rest_user_registration';
+    // Permissions to GET the new user.
+    $permissions[] = 'restful get entity:user';
+
+    $account = $this->drupalCreateUser($permissions);
+    $this->drupalLogin($account);
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests user registration from REST.
+   */
+  protected function testRegisterUser() {
+
+    $this->enableUserRegistrationConfiguration();
+    // New user info to be serialized.
+    $data = [
+      "_links" =>
+        [
+          "type" => ["href" => $GLOBALS['base_url'] . "/rest/type/user/user"]
+        ],
+      "langcode" =>  [
+        [
+          "value" => "en"
+        ]
+      ],
+      "name" => [
+        [
+          "value" => "Druplicon"
+        ]
+      ],
+      "mail" => [
+        [
+          "value" => "druplicon@superpoweredbydrupal.com"
+        ]
+      ],
+      "pass" => [
+        [
+          "value" => "SuperSecretPassword"
+        ]
+      ]
+    ];
+
+    // Create a JSON version for the user entity we want to create.
+    $serialized = \Drupal::service('serializer')->serialize($data, 'hal_json');
+
+    // Post to the REST service to register the user.
+    $this->httpRequest('entity/user/register', 'POST', $serialized, 'application/hal+json');
+    $this->assertResponse('201', 'HTTP response code is correct.');
+
+    // Obtain the uid from the header.
+    $url_parts = explode('/', $this->drupalGetHeader('location'));
+    $id = end($url_parts);
+    $this->assertHeader('Location', 'user/' . $id);
+
+    // Log in as admin and verify that the new user exists.
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->rootUser);
+    $this->httpRequest('user/' . $id, 'GET');
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Unit/UserRegistrationResourceTest.php b/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Unit/UserRegistrationResourceTest.php
index 2c1d2fc..c84c85c 100644
--- a/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Unit/UserRegistrationResourceTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/rest/tests/src/Unit/UserRegistrationResourceTest.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 define('USER_REGISTER_VISITORS_ADMINISTRATIVE_APPROVAL', 'visitors_admin_approval');
 
 /**
- * Tests the REST export view plugin.
+ * Tests User Registration REST resource.
  *
  * @group rest
  */