diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/transaction/backend/jdbc/internal/JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/transaction/backend/jdbc/internal/JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java
index 2518848d62..dd1d5f962a 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/transaction/backend/jdbc/internal/JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/resource/transaction/backend/jdbc/internal/JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.java
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public class JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl implements TransactionC
 		if(this.timeOut > 0) {
 			transactionCoordinatorOwner.setTransactionTimeOut( this.timeOut );
 		}
+		transactionCoordinatorOwner.afterTransactionBegin();
 		for ( TransactionObserver observer : observers ) {
 			observer.afterBegin();
 		}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/interceptor/InterceptorTransactionEventTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/interceptor/InterceptorTransactionEventTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee648088fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/interceptor/InterceptorTransactionEventTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 JBoss Inc
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.interceptor;
+
+import org.hibernate.EmptyInterceptor;
+import org.hibernate.Interceptor;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Tests, whether {@link Interceptor} gets the transaction events
+ */
+public class InterceptorTransactionEventTest extends BaseCoreFunctionalTestCase {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testTransactionEvents() throws Exception {
+        LoggingInterceptor interceptor = new LoggingInterceptor();
+
+        Session s = openSession(interceptor);
+		Transaction tx = s.beginTransaction();
+		// Do nothing, open and closing the transaction is enough
+		tx.commit();
+		s.close();
+
+        assertTrue("afterTransactionBeginCalled not called", interceptor.isAfterTransactionBeginCalled());
+        assertTrue("afterTransactionCompletionCalled not called", interceptor.isAfterTransactionCompletionCalled());
+        assertTrue("beforeTransactionCompletionCalled not called", interceptor.isBeforeTransactionCompletionCalled());
+    }
+
+    private static class LoggingInterceptor extends EmptyInterceptor {
+        private boolean afterTransactionBeginCalled;
+        private boolean afterTransactionCompletionCalled;
+        private boolean beforeTransactionCompletionCalled;
+
+        @Override
+        public void afterTransactionBegin(Transaction tx) {
+            afterTransactionBeginCalled = true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void afterTransactionCompletion(Transaction tx) {
+            afterTransactionCompletionCalled = true;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void beforeTransactionCompletion(Transaction tx) {
+            beforeTransactionCompletionCalled = true;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isAfterTransactionBeginCalled() {
+            return afterTransactionBeginCalled;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isAfterTransactionCompletionCalled() {
+            return afterTransactionCompletionCalled;
+        }
+
+        public boolean isBeforeTransactionCompletionCalled() {
+            return beforeTransactionCompletionCalled;
+        }
+
+    }
+}