diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/XmlMappingDriverTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/XmlMappingDriverTest.php
index 3ca82d08d..c2822f178 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/XmlMappingDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/XmlMappingDriverTest.php
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ class XmlMappingDriverTest extends AbstractMappingDriverTest
         $this->assertEquals($expectedMap, $class->discriminatorMap);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @expectedException Doctrine\ORM\Cache\CacheException
+     * @expectedExceptionMessage Entity association field "Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping\XMLSLC#foo" not configured as part of the second-level cache.
+     */
+    public function testFailingSecondLevelCacheAssociation()
+    {
+        $className = 'Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping\XMLSLC';
+        $mappingDriver = $this->_loadDriver();
+
+        $class = new ClassMetadata($className);
+        $mappingDriver->loadMetadataForClass($className, $class);
+    }
+
     public function testIdentifierWithAssociationKey()
     {
         $driver  = $this->_loadDriver();
@@ -176,3 +189,12 @@ class CTI
 class CTIFoo extends CTI {}
 class CTIBar extends CTI {}
 class CTIBaz extends CTI {}
+
+class XMLSLC
+{
+    public $foo;
+}
+class XMLSLCFoo
+{
+    public $id;
+}
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.XMLSLC.dcm.xml b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.XMLSLC.dcm.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca8092b50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Mapping/xml/Doctrine.Tests.ORM.Mapping.XMLSLC.dcm.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<doctrine-mapping xmlns="http://doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping"
+      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xsi:schemaLocation="http://doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping
+                          http://www.doctrine-project.org/schemas/orm/doctrine-mapping.xsd">
+    <entity name="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping\XMLSLC">
+        <cache usage="NONSTRICT_READ_WRITE" />
+        <id name="foo" association-key="true"/>
+        <many-to-one field="foo" target-entity="Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Mapping\XMLSLCFoo">
+            <join-column name="foo_id" referenced-column-name="id" />
+        </many-to-one>
+    </entity>
+</doctrine-mapping>