diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/list/SetUniqueList.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/list/SetUniqueList.java
index 8ad355383..160693d42 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/list/SetUniqueList.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/collections/list/SetUniqueList.java
@@ -283,7 +283,26 @@ public class SetUniqueList extends AbstractSerializableListDecorator {
     }
 
     public List subList(int fromIndex, int toIndex) {
-        return new SetUniqueList(super.subList(fromIndex, toIndex), set);
+        List superSubList = super.subList(fromIndex, toIndex);
+        Set subSet = createSetBasedOnList(set, superSubList);
+        return new SetUniqueList(superSubList, subSet);
+    }
+
+    protected Set createSetBasedOnList(Set set, List list) {
+        Set subSet = null;
+        if(set.getClass().equals(HashSet.class)) {
+            subSet = new HashSet();
+        } else {
+            try {
+                subSet = (Set) set.getClass().newInstance();
+            } catch(InstantiationException ie) {
+                subSet = new HashSet();
+            } catch(IllegalAccessException iae) {
+                subSet = new HashSet();
+            }
+        }
+        subSet.addAll(list);
+        return subSet;
     }
 
     //-----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/list/TestSetUniqueList.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/list/TestSetUniqueList.java
index cc82f479b..a4d40a624 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/list/TestSetUniqueList.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/collections/list/TestSetUniqueList.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ListIterator;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import junit.framework.Test;
 import junit.framework.TestSuite;
@@ -470,4 +471,50 @@ public class TestSetUniqueList extends AbstractTestList {
         assertEquals(4, decoratedList.size());
     }
 
+    public void testCollections307() {
+        List list = new ArrayList();
+        List uniqueList = SetUniqueList.decorate(list);
+
+        String hello = "Hello";
+        String world = "World";
+        uniqueList.add(hello);
+        uniqueList.add(world);
+
+        List subList = list.subList(0, 0);
+        List subUniqueList = uniqueList.subList(0, 0);
+
+        assertFalse(subList.contains(world)); // passes
+        assertFalse(subUniqueList.contains(world)); // fails
+
+        List worldList = new ArrayList();
+        worldList.add(world);
+        assertFalse(subList.contains("World")); // passes
+        assertFalse(subUniqueList.contains("World")); // fails
+
+        // repeat the test with a different class than HashSet; 
+        // which means subclassing SetUniqueList below
+        list = new ArrayList();
+        uniqueList = new SetUniqueList307(list, new java.util.TreeSet());
+
+        uniqueList.add(hello);
+        uniqueList.add(world);
+
+        subList = list.subList(0, 0);
+        subUniqueList = uniqueList.subList(0, 0);
+
+        assertFalse(subList.contains(world)); // passes
+        assertFalse(subUniqueList.contains(world)); // fails
+
+        worldList = new ArrayList();
+        worldList.add(world);
+        assertFalse(subList.contains("World")); // passes
+        assertFalse(subUniqueList.contains("World")); // fails
+    }
+
+    class SetUniqueList307 extends SetUniqueList {
+        public SetUniqueList307(List list, Set set) {
+            super(list, set);
+        }
+    }
+
 }