diff --git a/common/queue.h b/common/queue.h
index e771ece369f..f1881345e88 100644
--- a/common/queue.h
+++ b/common/queue.h
@@ -35,35 +35,58 @@ namespace Common {
  */
 template<class T>
 class Queue {
-protected:
-	List<T>		_queue;
 public:
-	Queue<T>() {}
-	Queue<T>(const List<T> &queueContent) : _queue(queueContent) {}
+	typedef T value_type;
+
+public:
+	Queue<T>() : _impl() {}
+	Queue<T>(const Queue<T> &queue) : _impl(queue._impl) {}
+
+	Queue<T> &operator=(const Queue<T> &queue) {
+		_impl = queue._impl;
+		return *this;
+	}
 
 	bool empty() const {
-		return _queue.empty();
+		return _impl.empty();
 	}
+
 	void clear() {
-		_queue.clear();
+		_impl.clear();
 	}
+
 	void push(const T &x) {
-		_queue.push_back(x);
+		_impl.push_back(x);
 	}
-	T back() const {
-		return _queue.reverse_begin().operator*();
+
+	T &front() {
+		return *_impl.begin();
 	}
-	T front() const {
-		return _queue.begin().operator*();
+
+	const T &front() const {
+		return *_impl.begin();
 	}
+
+	T &back() {
+		return *_impl.reverse_begin();
+	}
+
+	const T &back() const {
+		return *_impl.reverse_begin();
+	}
+
 	T pop() {
 		T tmp = front();
-		_queue.pop_front();
+		_impl.pop_front();
 		return tmp;
 	}
+
 	int size() const {
-		return _queue.size();
+		return _impl.size();
 	}
+
+private:
+	List<T>	_impl;
 };
 
 } // End of namespace Common
diff --git a/test/common/queue.h b/test/common/queue.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7eedec9a5db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/queue.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#include <cxxtest/TestSuite.h>
+
+#include "common/queue.h"
+
+class QueueTestSuite : public CxxTest::TestSuite {
+public:
+	void test_empty_clear() {
+		Common::Queue<int> queue;
+		TS_ASSERT(queue.empty());
+
+		queue.push(1);
+		queue.push(2);
+		TS_ASSERT(!queue.empty());
+
+		queue.clear();
+
+		TS_ASSERT(queue.empty());
+	}
+
+	void test_size() {
+		Common::Queue<int> queue;
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.size(), 0);
+
+		queue.push(5);
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.size(), 1);
+
+		queue.push(9);
+		queue.push(0);
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.size(), 3);
+
+		queue.pop();
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.size(), 2);
+	}
+
+	void test_front_back_pop() {
+		Common::Queue<int> queue;
+		
+		queue.push( 42);
+		queue.push(-23);
+
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.front(), 42);
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.back(), -23);
+
+		queue.front() = -23;
+		queue.back() = 42;
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.front(), -23);
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.back(),   42);
+
+		queue.pop();
+		TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(queue.front(), 42);
+	}
+	
+	void test_assign() {
+		Common::Queue<int> q1, q2;
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+			q1.push(i);
+			q2.push(4-i);
+		}
+
+		Common::Queue<int> q3(q1);
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+			TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(q3.front(), i);
+			q3.pop();
+		}
+
+		TS_ASSERT(q3.empty());
+
+		q3 = q2;
+
+		for (int i = 4; i >= 0; --i) {
+			TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(q3.front(), i);
+			q3.pop();
+		}
+
+		TS_ASSERT(q3.empty());
+	}
+};
+