Index: jackrabbit-jcr2spi/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jcr2spi/TestAll.java
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--- jackrabbit-jcr2spi/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jcr2spi/TestAll.java	(revision 929516)
+++ jackrabbit-jcr2spi/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jcr2spi/TestAll.java	(revision )
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
 
         // add nodes
         suite.addTestSuite(AddNodeTest.class);
-        
+
         // set/add property
         suite.addTestSuite(GetPropertyTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(AddPropertyTest.class);
+        suite.addTestSuite(AddMultiValuePropertyTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(AddNewPropertyTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(SingleValuedPropertyTest.class);
         suite.addTestSuite(MultiValuedPropertyTest.class);
Index: jackrabbit-jcr2spi/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jcr2spi/AddMultiValuePropertyTest.java
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--- jackrabbit-jcr2spi/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jcr2spi/AddMultiValuePropertyTest.java	(revision )
+++ jackrabbit-jcr2spi/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/jcr2spi/AddMultiValuePropertyTest.java	(revision )
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.jcr2spi;
+
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.test.AbstractJCRTest;
+
+import javax.jcr.Node;
+import javax.jcr.Property;
+import javax.jcr.PropertyType;
+import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
+import javax.jcr.Session;
+import javax.jcr.Value;
+
+public class AddMultiValuePropertyTest extends AbstractJCRTest {
+
+    public void testAddEmptyMultiStringProperty() throws RepositoryException {
+        String prop = mkName(testRootNode, "prop");
+        Value[] values = new Value[0];
+        testRootNode.setProperty(mkName(testRootNode, prop), values, PropertyType.BOOLEAN);
+        superuser.save();
+
+        Session session = getHelper().getReadOnlySession();
+        Property propAgain = session.getProperty(testRoot + "/" + prop);
+        assertTrue(propAgain.isMultiple());
+
+        Value[] valuesAgain = propAgain.getValues();
+        assertEquals(PropertyType.BOOLEAN, propAgain.getType());
+        assertEquals(values.length, valuesAgain.length);
+        for (int k = 0; k < values.length; k++) {
+            assertEquals(values[k], valuesAgain[k]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    //------------------------------------------< private >---
+
+    private static String mkName(Node node, String baseName) throws RepositoryException {
+        while (node.hasProperty(baseName)) {
+            baseName = baseName + "_";
+        }
+        return baseName;
+    }
+}