diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/hql/FunctionTests.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/hql/FunctionTests.java
index d954d30936..f0aa28a40c 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/hql/FunctionTests.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/orm/test/query/hql/FunctionTests.java
@@ -1139,9 +1139,18 @@ public class FunctionTests {
 					assertEquals( 'A',
 							session.createQuery("select cast('ABCDEF' as Character)", Character.class)
 									.getSingleResult() );
+					assertEquals( ' ',
+							session.createQuery("select cast(' X ' as Character)", Character.class)
+									.getSingleResult() );
 					assertEquals( "ABC",
 							session.createQuery("select cast('ABCDEF' as String(3))", String.class)
 									.getSingleResult() );
+					assertEquals( "ABC",
+							session.createQuery("select cast('ABC' as String(6))", String.class)
+									.getSingleResult() );
+					assertEquals( "ABC ",
+							session.createQuery("select cast('ABC DEF' as String(4))", String.class)
+									.getSingleResult() );
 				}
 		);
 	}