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 ecae7d6479..4760db74bb 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
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ public class JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl implements TransactionC
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean isJoined() {
-		log.debug( "Calling TransactionCoordinator#isJoined in resource-local mode always returns false" );
-		return isActive();
+		return physicalTransactionDelegate != null && physicalTransactionDelegate.getStatus() == TransactionStatus.ACTIVE;
+
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/TransactionJoiningTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/JtaTransactionJoiningTest.java
similarity index 98%
rename from hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/TransactionJoiningTest.java
rename to hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/JtaTransactionJoiningTest.java
index f5b016d0c5..75ff3e9884 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/TransactionJoiningTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/JtaTransactionJoiningTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 /**
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */
-public class TransactionJoiningTest extends AbstractJPATest {
+public class JtaTransactionJoiningTest extends AbstractJPATest {
 	@Override
 	public void configure(Configuration cfg) {
 		super.configure( cfg );
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/ResourceLocalTransactionJoiningTest.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/ResourceLocalTransactionJoiningTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6df5a0d1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/jpa/txn/ResourceLocalTransactionJoiningTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * License: GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 2.1 or later.
+ * See the lgpl.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html>.
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.jpa.txn;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal.JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorBuilderImpl;
+import org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.internal.JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl;
+import org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jta.internal.JtaTransactionCoordinatorImpl;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.TestForIssue;
+import org.hibernate.testing.jta.TestingJtaBootstrap;
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.ExtraAssertions;
+import org.hibernate.test.jpa.AbstractJPATest;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+public class ResourceLocalTransactionJoiningTest extends AbstractJPATest {
+	@Override
+	public void configure(Configuration cfg) {
+		super.configure( cfg );
+		TestingJtaBootstrap.prepare( cfg.getProperties() );
+		cfg.setProperty(
+				AvailableSettings.TRANSACTION_COORDINATOR_STRATEGY,
+				JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorBuilderImpl.class.getName()
+		);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	@TestForIssue( jiraKey = "HHH-9859" )
+	public void testExpectations() {
+		// JPA spec is very vague on what should happen here.  It does vaguely
+		// imply that javax.persistence.EntityManager.joinTransaction() should only be used
+		// for JTA EMs, however it does not enforced that nor does the TCK check that.
+		// And the TCK in fact does test calls to javax.persistence.EntityManager.isJoinedToTransaction()
+		// from resource-local EMs, so lets make sure those work..
+
+		Session session = sessionFactory().openSession();
+		JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl tc = ExtraAssertions.assertTyping(
+				JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.class,
+				( (SessionImplementor) session ).getTransactionCoordinator()
+		);
+		assertFalse( tc.isJoined() );
+
+		session.beginTransaction();
+		tc = ExtraAssertions.assertTyping(
+				JdbcResourceLocalTransactionCoordinatorImpl.class,
+				( (SessionImplementor) session ).getTransactionCoordinator()
+		);
+		assertTrue( tc.isJoined() );
+
+		session.getTransaction().rollback();
+		session.close();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/transaction/TransactionJoiningTest.java b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/transaction/TransactionJoiningTest.java
index c43ff816f8..c36f0241d2 100644
--- a/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/transaction/TransactionJoiningTest.java
+++ b/hibernate-entitymanager/src/test/java/org/hibernate/jpa/test/transaction/TransactionJoiningTest.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
- * Largely a copy of {@link org.hibernate.test.jpa.txn.TransactionJoiningTest}
+ * Largely a copy of {@link org.hibernate.test.jpa.txn.JtaTransactionJoiningTest}
  *
  * @author Steve Ebersole
  */