diff --git a/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Xml/ObjectsNamespaceParser.cs b/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Xml/ObjectsNamespaceParser.cs
index d9739e7f..7c0d6278 100644
--- a/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Xml/ObjectsNamespaceParser.cs
+++ b/src/Spring/Spring.Core/Objects/Factory/Xml/ObjectsNamespaceParser.cs
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Xml
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    nvc[key] = value;
+                    nvc.Add(key,value);
                 }
             }
             return nvc;
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Data/Spring/Objects/Factory/Xml/collections.xml b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Data/Spring/Objects/Factory/Xml/collections.xml
index b0ff4f72..3707a775 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Data/Spring/Objects/Factory/Xml/collections.xml
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Data/Spring/Objects/Factory/Xml/collections.xml
@@ -361,6 +361,16 @@
 			</name-values>
 		</property>
 	</object>
+	<object id="propsWithSameKey" type="Spring.Objects.Factory.HasMap, Spring.Core.Tests">
+		<property name="props">
+			<name-values>
+				<add key="foo" value="OnE" />
+				<add key="foo" value="tWo" />
+				<add key="bar" value="OnE" />
+				<add key="bar" value="tWo" />
+			</name-values>
+		</property>
+	</object>
   <object id="delimitedProps" type="Spring.Objects.Factory.HasMap, Spring.Core.Tests">
     <property name="props">
       <name-values>
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Xml/XmlObjectCollectionTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Xml/XmlObjectCollectionTests.cs
index ba020eba..36c32387 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Xml/XmlObjectCollectionTests.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Core.Tests/Objects/Factory/Xml/XmlObjectCollectionTests.cs
@@ -430,6 +430,19 @@ namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Xml
             Assert.AreEqual("TWO", hasMap.Props["2"]);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void PopulatedPropsWithSameKey()
+        {
+            IResource resource = new ReadOnlyXmlTestResource("collections.xml", GetType());
+            XmlObjectFactory xof = new XmlObjectFactory(resource);
+            HasMap hasMap = (HasMap) xof.GetObject("propsWithSameKey");
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, hasMap.Props.Count);
+            Assert.AreEqual("OnE,tWo", hasMap.Props["foo"]);
+            Assert.AreEqual(2, hasMap.Props.GetValues("bar").Length);
+            Assert.AreEqual("OnE", hasMap.Props.GetValues("bar")[0]);
+            Assert.AreEqual("tWo", hasMap.Props.GetValues("bar")[1]);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void DelimitedProps()
         {