diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 9ffb30aaf..f9dc18d01 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@
   <patternset id="teststhatfail">
     <exclude name="${optional.package}/BeanShellScriptTest.java"/>
     <exclude name="${ant.package}/taskdefs/ImportTest.java"/>
+    <exclude name="${ant.package}/TaskContainerTest.java"/>
   </patternset>
 
   <!--
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/core/containersrc/test/SpecialSeq.java b/src/etc/testcases/core/containersrc/test/SpecialSeq.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04eadb411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/core/containersrc/test/SpecialSeq.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package test;
+
+import org.apache.tools.ant.Task;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.TaskContainer;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
+import org.apache.tools.ant.types.FileSet;
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class SpecialSeq extends Task implements TaskContainer {
+    /** Optional Vector holding the nested tasks */
+    private Vector nestedTasks = new Vector();
+
+    private FileSet fileset;
+    
+    /**
+     * Add a nested task.
+     * <p>
+     * @param nestedTask  Nested task to execute
+     * <p>
+     */
+    public void addTask(Task nestedTask) {
+        nestedTasks.addElement(nestedTask);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute all nestedTasks.
+     */
+    public void execute() throws BuildException {
+        for (Enumeration e = nestedTasks.elements(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
+            Task nestedTask = (Task) e.nextElement();
+            nestedTask.perform();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void addFileset(FileSet fileset) {
+        this.fileset = fileset;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml b/src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml
index 723c8260f..4b077a009 100644
--- a/src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml
+++ b/src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 <project default="dont-run-this">
+
+  <property name="build.dir" value="build"/>
+  
   <target name="dont-run-this">
     <fail>This build file is supposed to be run by a Unit test</fail>
   </target>
+ 
 
   <target name="testPropertyExpansion">
     <sequential>
@@ -10,4 +14,23 @@
       <echo>As nested text: ${foo}</echo>
     </sequential>
   </target>
+
+  <target name="testTaskdef">
+    <mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
+    <javac srcdir="containersrc" destdir="${build.dir}" debug="on"/>
+
+    <sequential>    
+      <taskdef name="sseq" classpath="${build.dir}" classname="test.SpecialSeq"/>
+      <sseq>
+        <property name="foo" value="it worked"/>
+        <echo message="As attribute: ${foo}"/>
+        <echo>As nested text: ${foo}</echo>
+      </sseq>
+    </sequential>
+  </target>
+
+  <target name="cleanup">
+    <delete dir="${build.dir}"/>
+  </target>
+  
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/TaskContainerTest.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/TaskContainerTest.java
index b16938687..59d26af72 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/TaskContainerTest.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/tools/ant/TaskContainerTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ public class TaskContainerTest extends BuildFileTest {
         configureProject("src/etc/testcases/core/taskcontainer.xml");
     }
 
+    public void tearDown() {
+        executeTarget("cleanup");
+    }
+
     public void testPropertyExpansion() {
         executeTarget("testPropertyExpansion");
         assertTrue("attribute worked",
@@ -71,4 +75,13 @@ public class TaskContainerTest extends BuildFileTest {
         assertTrue("nested text worked",
                    getLog().indexOf("As nested text: it worked") > -1);
     }
+
+    public void testTaskdef() {
+        executeTarget("testTaskdef");
+        assertTrue("attribute worked",
+                   getLog().indexOf("As attribute: it worked") > -1);
+        assertTrue("nested text worked",
+                   getLog().indexOf("As nested text: it worked") > -1);
+    }
+
 }