diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue114/PreserveTypeTest.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue114/PreserveTypeTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a1aac7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue114/PreserveTypeTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2011, http://www.snakeyaml.org
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue114;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+
+public class PreserveTypeTest extends TestCase {
+
+    public static class MyBean {
+
+        private int dummy;
+
+        public int getDummy() {
+            return dummy;
+        }
+
+        public void setDummy(int dummy) {
+            this.dummy = dummy;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class ReferencingBean {
+
+        private List<MyBean> myBeans = new LinkedList<PreserveTypeTest.MyBean>();
+
+        public List<MyBean> getMyBeans() {
+            return myBeans;
+        }
+
+        public void setMyBeans(List<MyBean> myBeans) {
+            this.myBeans = myBeans;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, Object> createData(boolean collectionFirst) {
+        MyBean myBean = new MyBean();
+        ReferencingBean referencingBean = new ReferencingBean();
+        referencingBean.getMyBeans().add(myBean);
+
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+        if (collectionFirst) {
+            map.put("referencingBean", referencingBean);
+            map.put("myBean", myBean);
+        } else {
+            map.put("myBean", myBean);
+            map.put("referencingBean", referencingBean);
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+
+    private void check(String doc) {
+        System.err.println(doc);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Map<String, Object> loaded = (Map<String, Object>) yaml.load(doc);
+        Object myBean2 = loaded.get("myBean");
+        assertTrue(myBean2.getClass().toString(), myBean2 instanceof MyBean);
+    }
+
+    public void testPreserveType1() {
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+        String s = yaml.dump(createData(true));
+        check(s);
+    }
+
+    public void testPreserveType2() {
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+        String s = yaml.dump(createData(false));
+        // TODO issue 114 check(s);
+    }
+}