diff --git a/pkg/controller/configuration/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/controller/configuration/BUILD.bazel
index f52495ea2805..ccda8fce3c20 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/configuration/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/controller/configuration/BUILD.bazel
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/client/informers/externalversions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/controller/testing:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/configuration/controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/configuration/controller_test.go
index b2f4060d1d63..2255a67ac0a0 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/configuration/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/configuration/controller_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -66,6 +67,26 @@ func getTestConfiguration() *v1alpha1.Configuration {
 			Template: v1alpha1.Revision{
 				Spec: v1alpha1.RevisionSpec{
 					Service: "test-service",
+					// corev1.Container has a lot of setting.  We try to pass many
+					// of them here to verify that we pass through the settings to
+					// the derived Revisions.
+					ContainerSpec: &corev1.Container{
+						Image:      "gcr.io/repo/image",
+						Command:    []string{"echo"},
+						Args:       []string{"hello", "world"},
+						WorkingDir: "/tmp",
+						Env: []corev1.EnvVar{{
+							Name:  "EDITOR",
+							Value: "emacs",
+						}},
+						LivenessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+							TimeoutSeconds: 42,
+						},
+						ReadinessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+							TimeoutSeconds: 43,
+						},
+						TerminationMessagePath: "/dev/null",
+					},
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -147,6 +168,10 @@ func TestCreateConfigurationsCreatesRevision(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("rev service was not %s", config.Spec.Template.Spec.Service)
 		}
 
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(config.Spec.Template.Spec, rev.Spec); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("rev spec != config template spec (-want +got): %v", diff)
+		}
+
 		if rev.Labels[ConfigurationLabelKey] != config.Name {
 			t.Errorf("rev does not have label <%s:%s>", ConfigurationLabelKey, config.Name)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/revision/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/controller/revision/BUILD.bazel
index 8e28ad13fb35..53fdf2dd3521 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/revision/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/controller/revision/BUILD.bazel
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/client/informers/externalversions:go_default_library",
         "//pkg/controller/testing:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/golang/glog:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/core/v1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/api/extensions/v1beta1:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1:go_default_library",
diff --git a/pkg/controller/revision/controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/revision/controller_test.go
index 70a1b6d5f070..48113127faac 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/revision/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/revision/controller_test.go
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package revision
 
 /* TODO tests:
-- When a Revision is created:
-	- a namespace is created
-	- a deployment is created
-	- an autoscaler is created
-	- an nginx configmap is created
-	- Revision status is updated
-
 - When a Revision is updated TODO
 - When a Revision is deleted TODO
 */
@@ -33,6 +26,9 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -61,8 +57,25 @@ func getTestRevision() *v1alpha1.Revision {
 		},
 		Spec: v1alpha1.RevisionSpec{
 			Service: "test-service",
+			// corev1.Container has a lot of setting.  We try to pass many
+			// of them here to verify that we pass through the settings to
+			// derived objects.
 			ContainerSpec: &corev1.Container{
-				Image: "test-image",
+				Image:      "gcr.io/repo/image",
+				Command:    []string{"echo"},
+				Args:       []string{"hello", "world"},
+				WorkingDir: "/tmp",
+				Env: []corev1.EnvVar{{
+					Name:  "EDITOR",
+					Value: "emacs",
+				}},
+				LivenessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+					TimeoutSeconds: 42,
+				},
+				ReadinessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+					TimeoutSeconds: 43,
+				},
+				TerminationMessagePath: "/dev/null",
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -158,6 +171,12 @@ func TestCreateRevCreatesStuff(t *testing.T) {
 		func(t *testing.T) {
 			for _, c := range p.Spec.Containers {
 				if c.Image == rev.Spec.ContainerSpec.Image {
+					// Ignoring fields set by Elafros controller.
+					ignored := cmpopts.IgnoreFields(corev1.Container{}, "Name", "Ports", "Resources", "VolumeMounts")
+					// All other fields must match.
+					if diff := cmp.Diff(rev.Spec.ContainerSpec, &c, ignored); diff != "" {
+						t.Errorf("Pod container spec != revision container spec (-want +got): %v", diff)
+					}
 					return
 				}
 			}