diff --git a/akka-core/src/test/scala/VectorBugTestSuite.scala b/akka-core/src/test/scala/VectorBugTestSuite.scala
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+package se.scalablesolutions.akka.stm
+
+import org.scalatest.FunSuite
+import Transaction.Global._
+
+class TransactionalVectorBugTestSuite extends FunSuite {
+
+  test("adding more than 32 items to a Vector shouldn't blow it up") {
+    atomic {
+      var v1 = new Vector[Int]()
+      for (i <- 0 to 31) {
+        v1 = v1 + i
+      }
+      v1 = v1 + 32
+    }
+  }
+}