diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/BasicPropertiesTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/BasicPropertiesTest.java
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+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006-2011, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.propertyref.basic;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * @author Brett Meyer
+ */
+public class BasicPropertiesTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+	@Override
+	public String[] getMappings() {
+		return new String[] { "propertyref/basic/EntityClass.hbm.xml" };
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Really simple regression test for HHH-8689.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue(jiraKey = "HHH-8689")
+	public void testProperties() {
+		Session s = openSession();
+		Transaction t = s.beginTransaction();
+		EntityClass ec = new EntityClass();
+		ec.setKey( 1l );
+		ec.setField1( "foo1" );
+		ec.setField2( "foo2" );
+		s.persist( ec );
+		t.commit();
+		s.close();
+
+		s = openSession();
+		t = s.beginTransaction();
+		ec = (EntityClass) s.get( EntityClass.class, 1l );
+		t.commit();
+		s.close();
+		
+		assertNotNull( ec );
+		assertEquals( ec.getField1(), "foo1" );
+		assertEquals( ec.getField2(), "foo2" );
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/EntityClass.hbm.xml b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/EntityClass.hbm.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
+    "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
+    "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd" >
+
+<hibernate-mapping>
+<class
+    name="org.hibernate.test.propertyref.basic.EntityClass"
+    table="table1" lazy="false">
+    <id
+        name="key"
+        type="java.lang.Long"
+        column="column1"/>
+
+	<properties name="refkey">
+		<property name="field1" type="java.lang.String" column="column3" not-null="true" length="20" />
+		<property name="field2" type="java.lang.String" column="column4" not-null="true" />
+    </properties>
+
+</class>
+</hibernate-mapping>
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/EntityClass.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/propertyref/basic/EntityClass.java
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+package org.hibernate.test.propertyref.basic;
+
+public class EntityClass {
+
+	private Long key;
+
+	private String field1;
+
+	private String field2;
+
+	public Long getKey() {
+		return this.key;
+	}
+
+	public void setKey(Long key) {
+		this.key = key;
+	}
+
+	public String getField2() {
+		return this.field2;
+	}
+
+	public void setField2(String field2) {
+		this.field2 = field2;
+	}
+
+	public String getField1() {
+		return this.field1;
+	}
+
+	public void setField1(String field1) {
+		this.field1 = field1;
+	}
+
+}
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