diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
index 94ec9db880..88d1cb09f3 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.xml.sax.InputSource;
 
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
  * @author Chris Beams
  * @author Sam Brannen
  */
-public final class XmlBeanFactoryTests {
+public class XmlBeanFactoryTests {
 
 	private static final Class<?> CLASS = XmlBeanFactoryTests.class;
 	private static final String CLASSNAME = CLASS.getSimpleName();
@@ -1610,6 +1612,14 @@ public final class XmlBeanFactoryTests {
 		assertEquals(0, ((String[]) bean.array).length);
 	}
 
+	@Test @Ignore  // TODO: SPR-13987
+	public void testConstructorWithUnresolvableParameterName() {
+		DefaultListableBeanFactory xbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(xbf).loadBeanDefinitions(CONSTRUCTOR_ARG_CONTEXT);
+		AtomicInteger bean = (AtomicInteger) xbf.getBean("constructorUnresolvableName");
+		assertEquals(1, bean.get());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testWithDuplicateName() throws Exception {
 		DefaultListableBeanFactory xbf = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-constructorArg.xml b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-constructorArg.xml
index d500c48881..b26bee540a 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-constructorArg.xml
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/XmlBeanFactoryTests-constructorArg.xml
@@ -227,4 +227,8 @@
 		</constructor-arg>
 	</bean>
 
+	<bean id="constructorUnresolvableName" class="java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger" scope="prototype">
+		<constructor-arg name="initialValue" value="1"/>
+	</bean>
+
 </beans>