diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Context/Support/ContextRegistryTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Context/Support/ContextRegistryTests.cs
index 27b3437c..af94a10b 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Context/Support/ContextRegistryTests.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Context/Support/ContextRegistryTests.cs
@@ -169,6 +169,14 @@ namespace Spring.Context.Support
             IApplicationContext context = ContextRegistry.GetContext("bingo");
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void CanBuildProxyForClassWithProtectedConstructor()
+        {
+            CompositionProxyTypeBuilder typeBuilder = new CompositionProxyTypeBuilder();
+            typeBuilder.TargetType = typeof(ClassWithProtectedCtor);
+            typeBuilder.BuildProxyType();            
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void ClearWithDynamicProxies()
         {
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.2010.csproj b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.2010.csproj
index 990c40ae..6a53c693 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.2010.csproj
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Spring.Core.Tests.2010.csproj
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@
       <SubType>Code</SubType>
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="HookableContextHandler.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Objects\ClassWithProtectedCtor.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\ExpressionTestObject.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Attributes\PostConstructAttributeTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Factory\Attributes\AutowireByTypeNormalTests.cs" />