diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/events/CallbackTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/events/CallbackTest.java
index 0d13e5d33c..94e1f4f030 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/events/CallbackTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/events/CallbackTest.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ import org.hibernate.event.spi.EventType;
 import org.hibernate.integrator.spi.Integrator;
 import org.hibernate.metamodel.spi.MetadataImplementor;
 import org.hibernate.service.spi.SessionFactoryServiceRegistry;
-import org.hibernate.testing.FailureExpectedWithNewMetamodel;
 import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ public class CallbackTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	@FailureExpectedWithNewMetamodel
 	public void testCallbacks() {
 		assertEquals( "observer not notified of creation", 1, observer.creationCount );
 		assertEquals( "listener not notified of creation", 1, listener.initCount );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
index cae1c6c221..9f6aad34eb 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/resources/hibernate.properties
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ hibernate.connection.pool_size 5
 
 hibernate.show_sql false
 hibernate.format_sql true
-
 hibernate.max_fetch_depth 5
 
 hibernate.cache.region_prefix hibernate.test
diff --git a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/junit4/BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase.java b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/junit4/BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase.java
index 9c121113a9..6faebdb220 100644
--- a/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/junit4/BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase.java
+++ b/hibernate-testing/src/main/java/org/hibernate/testing/junit4/BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase.java
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ public abstract class BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase extends BaseUnitTestCase {
 		if ( configuration.getEntityNotFoundDelegate() != null ) {
 			sessionFactoryBuilder.with( configuration.getEntityNotFoundDelegate() );
 		}
+		if ( configuration.getSessionFactoryObserver() != null ){
+			sessionFactoryBuilder.add( configuration.getSessionFactoryObserver() );
+		}
 	}
 
 	protected void rebuildSessionFactory() {