diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Context/Support/HttpApplicationConfigurerMergablePropertiesTests.xml b/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Context/Support/HttpApplicationConfigurerMergablePropertiesTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d70df103
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Context/Support/HttpApplicationConfigurerMergablePropertiesTests.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<objects xmlns="http://www.springframework.net"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns:db="http://www.springframework.net/database"
+         xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.net/tx"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.net http://www.springframework.net/schema/objects/spring-objects-1.3.xsd
+         http://www.springframework.net/database http://www.springframework.net/schema/db/spring-database-1.1.xsd
+         http://www.springframework.net/tx http://www.springframework.net/schema/tx/spring-tx-1.1.xsd">
+
+  <object name="GrandParentHttpModule" abstract="true">
+    <property name="GrandParentProperty">
+      <list element-type="string">
+        <value>GrandParentValue1</value>
+      </list>
+    </property>
+  </object>
+
+  <object name="ParentHttpModule" abstract="true" parent="GrandParentHttpModule">
+    <property name="ParentProperty">
+      <list element-type="string">
+        <value>ParentValue1</value>
+        <value>ParentValue2</value>
+        <value>ParentValue3</value>
+        <value>ParentValue4</value>
+      </list>
+    </property>
+  </object>
+
+  <object name="HttpApplicationConfigurer" type="Spring.Context.Support.HttpApplicationConfigurer, Spring.Web">
+    <property name="ModuleTemplates">
+      <dictionary>
+        <entry key="DirectoryServicesAuthentication">
+          <object id="theModule" parent="ParentHttpModule">
+            <property name="ParentProperty">
+              <list element-type="string" merge="true">
+                <value>MergedValueToFind</value>
+              </list>
+            </property>
+          </object>
+        </entry>
+      </dictionary>
+    </property>
+  </object>
+</objects>
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Context/Support/HttpApplicationConfigurerTests.cs b/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Context/Support/HttpApplicationConfigurerTests.cs
index 152f6a66..0073d607 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Context/Support/HttpApplicationConfigurerTests.cs
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Context/Support/HttpApplicationConfigurerTests.cs
@@ -160,6 +160,73 @@ namespace Spring.Context.Support
             HttpApplicationConfigurer.Configure(appContext, appObject);
         }
 
+        ////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+        public class GrandParentHttpModule : IHttpModule
+        {
+
+            private string[] _grandParentProperty;
+            public string[] GrandParentProperty
+            {
+                get { return _grandParentProperty; }
+                set
+                {
+                    _grandParentProperty = value;
+                }
+            }
+
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+
+            }
+
+            public void Init(HttpApplication context)
+            {
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        public class ParentHttpModule : GrandParentHttpModule
+        {
+            private string[] _parentProperty;
+            public string[] ParentProperty
+            {
+                get { return _parentProperty; }
+                set
+                {
+                    _parentProperty = value;
+                }
+            }
+            
+        }
+   
+        [Test]
+        public void ConfigureUsingXmlApplicationContext_CanMergePropertyValues()
+        {
+            XmlApplicationContext appContext = new XmlApplicationContext(false, ReadOnlyXmlTestResource.GetFilePath("HttpApplicationConfigurerMergablePropertiesTests.xml", typeof(HttpApplicationConfigurerTests)));
+
+            ParentHttpModule module = new ParentHttpModule();
+
+            TestApplication appObject = new TestApplication(new ModuleEntry[]
+                                                                {
+                                                                    new ModuleEntry("DirectoryServicesAuthentication", module)
+                                                                });
+            HttpApplicationConfigurer.Configure(appContext, appObject);
+            
+            //base class property has carried through successfully
+            Assert.Contains("GrandParentValue1", module.GrandParentProperty);
+
+            //parent property values remain in the final instance
+            Assert.Contains("ParentValue1", module.ParentProperty);
+            Assert.Contains("ParentValue2", module.ParentProperty);
+            Assert.Contains("ParentValue3", module.ParentProperty);
+            Assert.Contains("ParentValue4", module.ParentProperty);
+
+            //the new additional value has been merged into the property
+            Assert.Contains("MergedValueToFind", module.ParentProperty);
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void ConfigureUsingXmlApplicationContext()
         {
@@ -173,7 +240,7 @@ namespace Spring.Context.Support
                                                                     new ModuleEntry("TestModule1", m1)
                                                                     , new ModuleEntry("TestModule2", m2),
                                                                 });
-            HttpApplicationConfigurer.Configure( appContext, appObject );
+            HttpApplicationConfigurer.Configure(appContext, appObject);
             // app configured
             Assert.AreEqual(appContext.GetObject("testObject"), appObject.TestObject);
             // modules configured
@@ -225,7 +292,7 @@ namespace Spring.Context.Support
                     for (int i = 0; i < testModule.Length; i++)
                     {
                         moduleEntry = testModule[i];
-                        miAddModule.Invoke(modules, new object[] {moduleEntry.Name, moduleEntry.Module});
+                        miAddModule.Invoke(modules, new object[] { moduleEntry.Name, moduleEntry.Module });
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Spring.Web.Tests.2008.csproj b/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Spring.Web.Tests.2008.csproj
index d879143b..c51c6ed2 100644
--- a/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Spring.Web.Tests.2008.csproj
+++ b/test/Spring/Spring.Web.Tests/Spring.Web.Tests.2008.csproj
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Context\Support\HttpApplicationConfigurerTests.xml" />
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="Context\Support\HttpApplicationConfigurerMergablePropertiesTests.xml" />
     <Content Include="Data\Spring\Context\Support\WebApplicationContextTests\Dummy.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Data\Spring\Objects\Factory\Support\TestForm.aspx" />
     <Content Include="Data\Spring\Web\Support\LocalResourceManagerTests\WithoutResources.aspx" />