diff --git a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/network/NetworkBridgeFactory.java b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/network/NetworkBridgeFactory.java
index 7d0e8f043b..585e90513d 100644
--- a/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/network/NetworkBridgeFactory.java
+++ b/activemq-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/network/NetworkBridgeFactory.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public final class NetworkBridgeFactory {
         URI uri = broker.getVmConnectorURI();
         HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>(URISupport.parseParameters(uri));
         map.put("network", "true");
-        map.put("async", "false");
+        map.put("async", "true");
         uri = URISupport.createURIWithQuery(uri, URISupport.createQueryString(map));
         return TransportFactory.connect(uri);
     }
diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/BacklogNetworkCrossTalkTest.java b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/BacklogNetworkCrossTalkTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e9b91362a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/usecases/BacklogNetworkCrossTalkTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.apache.activemq.usecases;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import org.apache.activemq.JmsMultipleBrokersTestSupport;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQDestination;
+import org.apache.activemq.network.NetworkConnector;
+import org.apache.activemq.util.MessageIdList;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class BacklogNetworkCrossTalkTest extends JmsMultipleBrokersTestSupport {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BacklogNetworkCrossTalkTest.class);
+
+    protected BrokerService createBroker(String brokerName) throws Exception {
+        BrokerService broker = new BrokerService();
+        broker.setDeleteAllMessagesOnStartup(true);
+        broker.setPersistent(true);
+        broker.setUseJmx(false);
+        broker.setBrokerName(brokerName);
+        broker.addConnector(new URI(AUTO_ASSIGN_TRANSPORT));
+        brokers.put(brokerName, new BrokerItem(broker));
+
+        return broker;
+    }
+
+    public void testProduceConsume() throws Exception {
+        createBroker("A");
+        createBroker("B");
+
+        NetworkConnector nc = bridgeBrokers("A", "B");
+        nc.setDuplex(true);
+        nc.setDispatchAsync(false);
+        startAllBrokers();
+
+        waitForBridgeFormation();
+
+        final int numMessages = 10000;
+        // Create queue
+        ActiveMQDestination destA = createDestination("AAA", false);
+        sendMessages("A", destA, numMessages);
+
+        ActiveMQDestination destB = createDestination("BBB", false);
+        sendMessages("B", destB, numMessages);
+
+        // consume across network
+        LOG.info("starting consumers..");
+
+        // Setup consumers
+        MessageConsumer clientA = createConsumer("A", destB);
+        // Setup consumers
+        MessageConsumer clientB = createConsumer("B", destA);
+
+
+        final long maxWait = 5 * 60 * 1000l;
+        MessageIdList listA = getConsumerMessages("A", clientA);
+        listA.setMaximumDuration(maxWait);
+        listA.waitForMessagesToArrive(numMessages);
+
+        MessageIdList listB = getConsumerMessages("B", clientB);
+        listB.setMaximumDuration(maxWait);
+        listB.waitForMessagesToArrive(numMessages);
+
+        assertEquals("got all on A" + listA.getMessageCount(),
+                numMessages, listA.getMessageCount());
+
+        assertEquals("got all on B" + listB.getMessageCount(),
+                numMessages, listB.getMessageCount());
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        messageSize = 5000;
+        super.setMaxTestTime(10*60*1000);
+        super.setAutoFail(true);
+        super.setUp();
+    }
+}