diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/TxManagerNamespaceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/TxManagerNamespaceTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.data.gemfire.config;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.GemfireTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.RecreatingContextTest;
+
+/**
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public class TxManagerNamespaceTest extends RecreatingContextTest {
+
+	@Override
+	protected String location() {
+		return "org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/tx-ns.xml";
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testBasicCache() throws Exception {
+		assertTrue(ctx.containsBean("gemfire-transaction-manager"));
+		GemfireTransactionManager tx = ctx.getBean("gemfire-transaction-manager", GemfireTransactionManager.class);
+		assertFalse(tx.isCopyOnRead());
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/tx-ns.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/tx-ns.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:gfe="http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire/spring-gemfire.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+	<gfe:cache />
+	
+	<gfe:transaction-manager cache-ref="gemfire-cache" copy-on-read="false" />
+</beans>
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