diff --git a/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/nuxt.config.ts b/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/nuxt.config.ts
index 276ce3a0..de35fc0a 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,68 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
           tokensPerInterval: 10,
         }
       }
-    }
+    },
+    '/whitelistBase': {
+      security: {
+        rateLimiter: {
+          tokensPerInterval: 1,
+          interval: 300000,
+          whiteList: [
+            '127.0.0.1',
+            '192.168.0.1',
+            '172.16.0.1',
+            '10.0.0.1',
+          ],
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    '/whitelistEmpty': {
+      security: {
+        rateLimiter: {
+          tokensPerInterval: 1,
+          interval: 300000,
+          whiteList: [],
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    '/whitelistNotListed': {
+      security: {
+        rateLimiter: {
+          tokensPerInterval: 1,
+          interval: 300000,
+          whiteList: [
+            '10.0.0.1',
+            '10.0.1.1',
+            '10.0.2.1',
+            '10.0.3.1',
+            '10.0.4.1',
+            '10.0.5.1',
+            '10.0.6.1',
+            '10.0.7.1',
+            '10.0.8.1',
+            '10.0.9.1',
+            '10.1.0.1',
+            '10.2.0.1',
+            '10.3.0.1',
+            '10.4.0.1',
+            '10.5.0.1',
+            '10.6.0.1',
+            '10.7.0.1',
+            '10.8.0.1',
+            '10.9.0.1',
+            '192.168.0.1',
+            '192.168.1.1',
+            '192.168.2.1',
+            '192.168.3.1',
+            '192.168.4.1',
+            '192.168.5.1',
+            '192.168.6.1',
+            '192.168.7.1',
+            '192.168.8.1',
+            '192.168.9.1',
+          ],
+        }
+      }
+    },
   }
 })
diff --git a/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistBase.vue b/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistBase.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e6f9208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistBase.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<template>
+  <div>whitelist base test</div>
+</template>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistEmpty.vue b/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistEmpty.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..63999ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistEmpty.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<template>
+  <div>whitelist empty test</div>
+</template>
diff --git a/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistNotListed.vue b/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistNotListed.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b00819ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/rateLimiter/pages/whitelistNotListed.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<template>
+  <div>whitelist not listed test</div>
+</template>
diff --git a/test/rateLimiter.test.ts b/test/rateLimiter.test.ts
index fbe17974..0dda16f5 100644
--- a/test/rateLimiter.test.ts
+++ b/test/rateLimiter.test.ts
@@ -63,4 +63,43 @@ describe('[nuxt-security] Rate Limiter', async () => {
     expect(res6.status).toBe(200)
     expect(res6.statusText).toBe('OK')
   })
+
+  it ('should return 200 OK after multiple requests for a route with localhost ip whitelisted', async () => {
+    const res1 = await fetch('/whitelistBase')
+    await fetch('/whitelistBase')
+    await fetch('/whitelistBase')
+    await fetch('/whitelistBase')
+    const res5 = await fetch('/whitelistBase')
+
+    expect(res1).toBeDefined()
+    expect(res1).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(res5.status).toBe(200)
+    expect(res5.statusText).toBe('OK')
+  })
+
+  it ('should return 429 when limit reached with an empty whitelist array', async () => {
+    const res1 = await fetch('/whitelistEmpty')
+    await fetch('/whitelistEmpty')
+    await fetch('/whitelistEmpty')
+    await fetch('/whitelistEmpty')
+    const res5 = await fetch('/whitelistEmpty')
+
+    expect(res1).toBeDefined()
+    expect(res1).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(res5.status).toBe(429)
+    expect(res5.statusText).toBe('Too Many Requests')
+  })
+
+  it ('should return 429 when limit reached as localhost ip is not whitelisted', async () => {
+    const res1 = await fetch('/whitelistNotListed')
+    await fetch('/whitelistNotListed')
+    await fetch('/whitelistNotListed')
+    await fetch('/whitelistNotListed')
+    const res5 = await fetch('/whitelistNotListed')
+
+    expect(res1).toBeDefined()
+    expect(res1).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(res5.status).toBe(429)
+    expect(res5.statusText).toBe('Too Many Requests')
+  })
 })