diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionIntegrationTest.java
index 05434d17..f6047f29 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionIntegrationTest.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.data.gemfire.ClientRegionFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext.ClassMode;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
@@ -35,7 +34,9 @@ import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.CacheListener;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.CacheLoader;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.CacheLoaderException;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.LoaderHelper;
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.PartitionAttributes;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.Region;
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.RegionAttributes;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.util.CacheListenerAdapter;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.util.CacheWriterAdapter;
 
@@ -99,4 +100,16 @@ public class RegionIntegrationTest {
 		//BeanDefinition bd = ((BeanDefinitionRegistry) ctx.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory()).getBeanDefinition("basic-client");
 		// System.out.println(bd.getPropertyValues().getPropertyValue("interests").getValue());
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testRegionAttributes() throws Exception {
+		Region region = ctx.getBean("attr-region", Region.class);
+		assertEquals("attr-region", region.getName());
+		RegionAttributes attr = region.getAttributes();
+		assertEquals(true, attr.getEarlyAck());
+
+		PartitionAttributes pa = attr.getPartitionAttributes();
+		assertEquals(512, pa.getLocalMaxMemory());
+		assertEquals(1, pa.getRedundantCopies());
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-region.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-region.xml
index 82b9d5bf..5ab62b68 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-region.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-region.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	<bean id="basic" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.RegionFactoryBean" p:cache-ref="cache" p:name="basic"/>
 	
 	<!-- find existing region -->
-	<bean id="root" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.RegionFactoryBean" p:cache-ref="cache" p:name="root"/>
+	<bean id="root" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.RegionFactoryBean" p:cache-ref="cache"/>
 	
 	<bean id="listeners" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.RegionFactoryBean" p:cache-ref="cache" p:name="listeners">
 		<property name="cacheListeners">
@@ -40,5 +40,15 @@
 		</property>
 	</bean>
 	
+	<!-- region with various attributes -->
+	<bean id="attr-region" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.RegionFactoryBean" p:cache-ref="cache" lazy-init="true">
+		<property name="attributes">
+			<bean class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.RegionAttributesFactory" p:early-ack="true">
+				<property name="partitionAttributes">
+					<bean class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.PartitionAttributesFactory" p:redundant-copies="1" p:local-max-memory="512"/>
+				</property>
+			</bean>
+	</property>
+	</bean>
 	
-</beans>
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file