diff --git a/akka-typed-actor/src/test/java/akka/actor/SimpleJavaPojo.java b/akka-typed-actor/src/test/java/akka/actor/SimpleJavaPojo.java
index 699ccdb355..061302126d 100644
--- a/akka-typed-actor/src/test/java/akka/actor/SimpleJavaPojo.java
+++ b/akka-typed-actor/src/test/java/akka/actor/SimpleJavaPojo.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import akka.dispatch.Future;
 import akka.japi.Option;
 
 public interface SimpleJavaPojo {
+  String hello(String name);
   public Object getSender();
   public Object getSenderFuture();
   public Future<Integer> square(int value);
diff --git a/akka-typed-actor/src/test/java/akka/actor/SimpleJavaPojoImpl.java b/akka-typed-actor/src/test/java/akka/actor/SimpleJavaPojoImpl.java
index 7da66009ca..6c57e4c0cb 100644
--- a/akka-typed-actor/src/test/java/akka/actor/SimpleJavaPojoImpl.java
+++ b/akka-typed-actor/src/test/java/akka/actor/SimpleJavaPojoImpl.java
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ public class SimpleJavaPojoImpl extends TypedActor implements SimpleJavaPojo {
 
   private String name;
 
+  public String hello(String name) {
+    return "Hello " + name;
+  }
+
   public Future<Integer> square(int value) {
     return future(value * value);
   }
diff --git a/akka-typed-actor/src/test/scala/actor/typed-actor/TypedActorSpec.scala b/akka-typed-actor/src/test/scala/actor/typed-actor/TypedActorSpec.scala
index 863a1bb064..4584d16162 100644
--- a/akka-typed-actor/src/test/scala/actor/typed-actor/TypedActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-typed-actor/src/test/scala/actor/typed-actor/TypedActorSpec.scala
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ class TypedActorSpec extends
 
   describe("TypedActor") {
 
+    it("should return POJO method return value when invoked") {
+      val result = simplePojo.hello("POJO")
+      result should equal ("Hello POJO")
+    }
+
     it("should resolve Future return from method defined to return a Future") {
       val future = simplePojo.square(10)
       future.await