diff --git a/tests/ansible/hosts/transport_config.hosts b/tests/ansible/hosts/transport_config.hosts
index d9685811..ac046dd5 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/hosts/transport_config.hosts
+++ b/tests/ansible/hosts/transport_config.hosts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # integration/transport_config
 # Hosts with twiddled configs that need to be checked somehow.
 
+
+# tansport()
+tc-transport-unset 
+tc-transport-local ansible_connection=local
+
+# python_path()
 tc-python-path-unset
 tc-python-path-hostvar  ansible_python_interpreter=/hostvar/path/to/python
-
-# local connections get virtualenv python path
 tc-python-path-local-unset ansible_connection=local
 tc-python-path-local-explicit ansible_connection=local ansible_python_interpreter=/a/b/c
-
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/all.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/all.yml
index 704760d1..cd3f7ac2 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/all.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/all.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-
 - include: python_path.yml
+- include: transport.yml
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/python_path.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/python_path.yml
index db6c873b..c5359e93 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/python_path.yml
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/python_path.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
   hosts: tc-python-path-unset
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["/usr/bin/python"]
@@ -18,8 +17,7 @@
   vars: {mitogen_via: tc-python-path-unset}
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["/usr/bin/python"]
@@ -32,8 +30,7 @@
 - hosts: tc-python-path-hostvar
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: [/hostvar/path/to/python]
@@ -42,8 +39,7 @@
   vars: {mitogen_via: tc-python-path-hostvar}
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["/hostvar/path/to/python"]
@@ -56,8 +52,7 @@
 - hosts: localhost
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["{{ansible_playbook_python}}"]
@@ -66,8 +61,7 @@
   vars: {mitogen_via: localhost}
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["{{ansible_playbook_python}}"]
@@ -80,8 +74,7 @@
 - hosts: tc-python-path-local-unset
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["/usr/bin/python"]
@@ -90,8 +83,7 @@
   vars: {mitogen_via: tc-python-path-local-unset}
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["/usr/bin/python"]
@@ -104,8 +96,7 @@
 - hosts: tc-python-path-local-explicit
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["/a/b/c"]
@@ -114,8 +105,7 @@
   vars: {mitogen_via: tc-python-path-local-explicit}
   tasks:
   - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
-  - mitogen_get_stack:
-    register: out
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
   - assert_equal:
       left: out.result[0].kwargs.python_path
       right: ["/a/b/c"]
diff --git a/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/transport.yml b/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/transport.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efedc8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ansible/integration/transport_config/transport.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Each case is followed by mitogen_via= case to test hostvars method.
+
+
+# When no ansible_connection= is set, transport comes via ansible.cfg ("smart"
+# is parsed away to either paramiko or ssh).
+- name: integration/transport_config/transport.yml
+  hosts: tc-transport-unset
+  tasks:
+  - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
+  - assert_equal:
+      left: out.result[0].method
+      right: "ssh"
+
+- hosts: tc-transport-local
+  vars: {mitogen_via: tc-transport-unset}
+  tasks:
+  - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
+  - assert_equal:
+      left: out.result[0].method
+      right: "ssh"
+  - assert_equal:
+      left: out.result[1].method
+      right: "local"
+
+
+# ansible_connection=local
+
+- hosts: tc-transport-local
+  tasks:
+  - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
+  - assert_equal:
+      left: out.result[0].method
+      right: "local"
+
+- hosts: tc-transport-unset
+  vars: {mitogen_via: tc-transport-local}
+  tasks:
+  - include: ../_mitogen_only.yml
+  - {mitogen_get_stack: {}, register: out}
+  - assert_equal:
+      left: out.result[0].method
+      right: "local"
+  - assert_equal:
+      left: out.result[1].method
+      right: "ssh"