diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/CacheSubscriptionTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/CacheSubscriptionTest.java
index 08c5a88c..adb57af0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/CacheSubscriptionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/CacheSubscriptionTest.java
@@ -16,28 +16,65 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.gemfire.config;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 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.RegionFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.TestUtils;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.InterestPolicy;
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.RegionAttributes;
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.SubscriptionAttributes;
+
 /**
+ * Test to ensure subscription policy can be applied to server regions.
+ * 
  * @author Lyndon Adams
+ * @since 13 March 2013
  */
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration("/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subscription-ns.xml")
 public class CacheSubscriptionTest{
-	@Autowired ApplicationContext ctx;
 	
+	@Autowired ApplicationContext context;
+	
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 	@Test
-	public void testRRSubscription() throws Exception {
+	public void testRRSubscriptionAllPolicy() throws Exception {
+		assertTrue(context.containsBean("replicALL"));
+		RegionFactoryBean fb = context.getBean("&replicALL", RegionFactoryBean.class);
+		RegionAttributes attrs = TestUtils.readField("attributes", fb);
 		
+		SubscriptionAttributes sa = attrs.getSubscriptionAttributes();
+		assertEquals(InterestPolicy.ALL, sa.getInterestPolicy() );
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
 	@Test
-	public void testPRSubscription() throws Exception {
+	public void testPRSubscriptionCacheContentPolicy() throws Exception {
+		assertTrue(context.containsBean("partCACHE_CONTENT"));
+		RegionFactoryBean fb = context.getBean("&partCACHE_CONTENT", RegionFactoryBean.class);
+		RegionAttributes attrs = TestUtils.readField("attributes", fb);
 		
+		SubscriptionAttributes sa = attrs.getSubscriptionAttributes();
+		assertEquals(InterestPolicy.CACHE_CONTENT, sa.getInterestPolicy() );
 	}
+	
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+	@Test
+	public void testPRSubscriptionDefaultPolicy() throws Exception {
+		assertTrue(context.containsBean("partDEFAULT"));
+		RegionFactoryBean fb = context.getBean("&partDEFAULT", RegionFactoryBean.class);
+		RegionAttributes attrs = TestUtils.readField("attributes", fb);
+		
+		SubscriptionAttributes sa = attrs.getSubscriptionAttributes();
+		assertEquals(InterestPolicy.ALL, sa.getInterestPolicy() );
+	}
+	
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subscription-ns.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subscription-ns.xml
index 87ccc857..aa35ba0a 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subscription-ns.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/subscription-ns.xml
@@ -2,23 +2,25 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
-	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	xmlns:gfe="http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire"
 	default-lazy-init="true"
 	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd">
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire/spring-gemfire.xsd">
         
-        <gfe:cache/>
-        <gfe:replicated-region id="rr">
-        		<gfe:subscription type="ALL"/>	
+		<gfe:cache/>
+        <gfe:replicated-region id="replicALL">
+			<gfe:subscription type="ALL"/>	
         </gfe:replicated-region>
         
-        <gfe:partitioned-region id="pp">
-        		<gfe:subscription type="CACHE_CONTENT"/>
-        		<gfe:eviction threshold="70"/>
+        <gfe:partitioned-region id="partCACHE_CONTENT">
+        	<gfe:subscription type="CACHE_CONTENT"/>
+        	<gfe:eviction threshold="70"/>
         </gfe:partitioned-region>
         
-        <gfe:client-region id="cc">
-        	
-        </gfe:client-region>
+        
+        <gfe:partitioned-region id="partDEFAULT">
+        	<gfe:subscription/>
+        </gfe:partitioned-region>
         
 </beans>
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