diff --git a/ycmd/tests/go/go_module/td/signature_help.go b/ycmd/tests/go/go_module/td/signature_help.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e66dfe4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ycmd/tests/go/go_module/td/signature_help.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package td
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func add(x int, y int) int {
+	return x + y
+}
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(add(42, 13))
+}
+
+
diff --git a/ycmd/tests/go/signature_help_test.py b/ycmd/tests/go/signature_help_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c594123b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ycmd/tests/go/signature_help_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 ycmd contributors
+#
+# This file is part of ycmd.
+#
+# ycmd is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# ycmd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with ycmd.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import division
+# Not installing aliases from python-future; it's unreliable and slow.
+from builtins import *  # noqa
+
+from nose.tools import eq_
+from hamcrest import ( assert_that,
+                       contains,
+                       empty,
+                       has_entries )
+import requests
+
+from ycmd.utils import ReadFile
+from ycmd.tests.go import PathToTestFile, SharedYcmd
+from ycmd.tests.test_utils import ( CombineRequest,
+                                    ParameterMatcher,
+                                    SignatureMatcher )
+
+
+def ProjectPath( *args ):
+  return PathToTestFile( 'extra_confs',
+                         'simple_extra_conf_project',
+                         'src',
+                         *args )
+
+
+def RunTest( app, test ):
+  """
+  Method to run a simple signature help test and verify the result
+
+  test is a dictionary containing:
+    'request': kwargs for BuildRequest
+    'expect': {
+       'response': server response code (e.g. httplib.OK)
+       'data': matcher for the server response json
+    }
+  """
+  contents = ReadFile( test[ 'request' ][ 'filepath' ] )
+
+  app.post_json( '/event_notification',
+                 CombineRequest( test[ 'request' ], {
+                                 'event_name': 'FileReadyToParse',
+                                 'contents': contents,
+                                 } ),
+                 expect_errors = True )
+
+  # We ignore errors here and we check the response code ourself.
+  # This is to allow testing of requests returning errors.
+  response = app.post_json( '/signature_help',
+                            CombineRequest( test[ 'request' ], {
+                              'contents': contents
+                            } ),
+                            expect_errors = True )
+
+  eq_( response.status_code, test[ 'expect' ][ 'response' ] )
+
+  assert_that( response.json, test[ 'expect' ][ 'data' ] )
+
+
+@SharedYcmd
+def SignatureHelp_MethodTrigger_test( app ):
+  RunTest( app, {
+    'description': 'Trigger after (',
+    'request': {
+      'filetype'  : 'go',
+      'filepath'  : PathToTestFile( 'td', 'signature_help.go' ),
+      'line_num'  : 10,
+      'column_num': 18,
+    },
+    'expect': {
+      'response': requests.codes.ok,
+      'data': has_entries( {
+        'errors': empty(),
+        'signature_help': has_entries( {
+          'activeSignature': 0,
+          'activeParameter': 0,
+          'signatures': contains(
+            SignatureMatcher( 'add(x int, y int) int',
+                              [ ParameterMatcher( 'x int' ),
+                                ParameterMatcher( 'y int' ) ] )
+          ),
+        } ),
+      } )
+    }
+  } )