diff --git a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/readonly/ReadOnlyTest.java b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/readonly/ReadOnlyTest.java
index 545c8853e9..cb3ca4d640 100755
--- a/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/readonly/ReadOnlyTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/readonly/ReadOnlyTest.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class ReadOnlyTest extends FunctionalTestCase {
 	}
 
 	public String[] getMappings() {
-		return new String[] { "readonly/DataPoint.hbm.xml" };
+		return new String[] { "readonly/DataPoint.hbm.xml", "readonly/TextHolder.hbm.xml" };
 	}
 
 	public void configure(Configuration cfg) {
@@ -117,5 +117,36 @@ public class ReadOnlyTest extends FunctionalTestCase {
 		
 	}
 
+	public void testReadOnlyOnTextType() {
+		final String origText = "some huge text string";
+		final String newText = "some even bigger text string";
+
+		Session s = openSession();
+		s.beginTransaction();
+		s.setCacheMode( CacheMode.IGNORE );
+		TextHolder holder = new TextHolder( origText );
+		s.save( holder );
+		Long id = holder.getId();
+		s.getTransaction().commit();
+		s.close();
+
+		s = openSession();
+		s.beginTransaction();
+		s.setCacheMode( CacheMode.IGNORE );
+		holder = ( TextHolder ) s.get( TextHolder.class, id );
+		s.setReadOnly( holder, true );
+		holder.setTheText( newText );
+		s.flush();
+		s.getTransaction().commit();
+		s.close();
+
+		s = openSession();
+		s.beginTransaction();
+		holder = ( TextHolder ) s.get( TextHolder.class, id );
+		assertEquals( "change written to database", origText, holder.getTheText() );
+		s.delete( holder );
+		s.getTransaction().commit();
+		s.close();
+	}
 }