diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/PersistentCollection.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/PersistentCollection.php
index 30b0e01e7..ec973408d 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/PersistentCollection.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/PersistentCollection.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ use Closure;
  * @author    Konsta Vesterinen <kvesteri@cc.hut.fi>
  * @author    Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
  * @author    Giorgio Sironi <piccoloprincipeazzurro@gmail.com>
+ * @author    Stefano Rodriguez <stefano.rodriguez@fubles.com>
  * @todo      Design for inheritance to allow custom implementations?
  */
 final class PersistentCollection implements Collection, Selectable
@@ -812,6 +813,13 @@ final class PersistentCollection implements Collection, Selectable
             throw new \RuntimeException("Matching Criteria on PersistentCollection only works on OneToMany assocations at the moment.");
         }
 
+        // If there are NEW objects we have to check if any of them matches the criteria
+        $newObjects = array();
+
+        if ($this->isDirty) {
+            $newObjects = $this->coll->matching($criteria)->toArray();
+        }
+
         $targetClass = $this->em->getClassMetadata(get_class($this->owner));
 
         $id              = $targetClass->getSingleIdReflectionProperty()->getValue($this->owner);
@@ -824,7 +832,7 @@ final class PersistentCollection implements Collection, Selectable
 
         $persister = $this->em->getUnitOfWork()->getEntityPersister($this->association['targetEntity']);
 
-        return new ArrayCollection($persister->loadCriteria($criteria));
+        return new ArrayCollection(array_merge($persister->loadCriteria($criteria), $newObjects));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/OneToManyBidirectionalAssociationTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/OneToManyBidirectionalAssociationTest.php
index cea80fd6b..75d9d2abe 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/OneToManyBidirectionalAssociationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Functional/OneToManyBidirectionalAssociationTest.php
@@ -173,6 +173,30 @@ class OneToManyBidirectionalAssociationTest extends \Doctrine\Tests\OrmFunctiona
         $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection', $results);
         $this->assertEquals(2, count($results));
     }
+	
+    public function testMatchingBis()
+    {
+        $this->_createFixture();
+
+        $product  = $this->_em->find('Doctrine\Tests\Models\ECommerce\ECommerceProduct', $this->product->getId());
+        $features = $product->getFeatures();
+        
+        $thirdFeature = new ECommerceFeature();
+        $thirdFeature->setDescription('Third feature');
+        $product->addFeature($thirdFeature);
+
+        $results = $features->matching(new Criteria(
+            Criteria::expr()->eq('description', 'Third feature')
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection', $results);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $results);
+
+        $results = $features->matching(new Criteria());
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('Doctrine\Common\Collections\Collection', $results);
+        $this->assertCount(3, $results);
+    }
 
     private function _createFixture()
     {