diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/ValidatorFactoryTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/ValidatorFactoryTests.java
index 3e6cac5759..f28b7e35bd 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/ValidatorFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/validation/beanvalidation/ValidatorFactoryTests.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import javax.validation.Valid;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 import org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.validation.BeanPropertyBindingResult;
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
 import org.springframework.validation.FieldError;
 import org.springframework.validation.ObjectError;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
@@ -102,6 +104,22 @@ public class ValidatorFactoryTests {
 		assertTrue(cv.getConstraintDescriptor().getAnnotation() instanceof NameAddressValid);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@Ignore
+	public void testSpringValidationFieldType() throws Exception {
+		LocalValidatorFactoryBean validator = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
+		validator.afterPropertiesSet();
+		ValidPerson person = new ValidPerson();
+		person.setName("Phil");
+		person.getAddress().setStreet("Phil's Street");
+		BeanPropertyBindingResult errors = new BeanPropertyBindingResult(person, "person");
+		validator.validate(person, errors);
+		assertEquals(1, errors.getErrorCount());
+		assertThat("Field/Value type missmatch",
+				errors.getFieldError("address").getRejectedValue(),
+				instanceOf(ValidAddress.class));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testSpringValidation() throws Exception {
 		LocalValidatorFactoryBean validator = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
@@ -289,8 +307,13 @@ public class ValidatorFactoryTests {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		public boolean isValid(ValidPerson value, ConstraintValidatorContext constraintValidatorContext) {
-			return (value.name == null || !value.address.street.contains(value.name));
+		public boolean isValid(ValidPerson value, ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
+			boolean valid = (value.name == null || !value.address.street.contains(value.name));
+			if (!valid && "Phil".equals(value.name)) {
+				context.buildConstraintViolationWithTemplate(
+						context.getDefaultConstraintMessageTemplate()).addNode("address").addConstraintViolation().disableDefaultConstraintViolation();
+			}
+			return valid;
 		}
 	}