diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/selftest/TypedAdderTest.java b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/selftest/TypedAdderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abb4d8e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/java/org/apache/antlib/selftest/TypedAdderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This software is published under the terms of the Apache Software License
+ * version 1.1, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in
+ * the LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+package org.apache.antlib.selftest;
+
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.AbstractTask;
+import org.apache.myrmidon.api.TaskException;
+
+/**
+ * This is to test whether adders with just a type (and no name) work.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:peter@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
+ * @ant:task name="typed-adder-test"
+ */
+public class TypedAdderTest
+    extends AbstractTask
+{
+    public void add( final Integer value )
+    {
+        //Should fail as value is not an interface
+        getLogger().warn( "Integer add: " + value );
+    }
+
+    public void execute()
+        throws TaskException
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/make/primitive-tests.ant b/proposal/myrmidon/src/make/primitive-tests.ant
index a59df484e..aa8b5841e 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/make/primitive-tests.ant
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/make/primitive-tests.ant
@@ -75,4 +75,9 @@ Legal:
     <extensions-test/>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="typed-adder-test">
+    <log message="About to execute typed-adder-test"/>
+    <typed-adder-test/>
+  </target>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/selftest-ant-descriptor.xml b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/selftest-ant-descriptor.xml
index 95d22d1a7..2d058fa63 100644
--- a/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/selftest-ant-descriptor.xml
+++ b/proposal/myrmidon/src/manifest/selftest-ant-descriptor.xml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
     <task name="content-test" classname="org.apache.antlib.selftest.ContentTest" />
     <task name="file-manip-test" classname="org.apache.antlib.selftest.FileManipulationTest" />
     <task name="extensions-test" classname="org.apache.antlib.selftest.ExtensionsTest" />
+    <task name="typed-adder-test" classname="org.apache.antlib.selftest.TypedAdderTest" />
   </types>
 </ant-lib>
\ No newline at end of file