diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/EvaluationTests.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/EvaluationTests.java
index 8ccad12033d..7c61beb229f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/EvaluationTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/EvaluationTests.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class EvaluationTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 	public void testRelOperatorGE02() {
 		evaluate("3 >= 3", "true", Boolean.class);
 	}
+	
 
 	// public void testRelOperatorsIn01() {
 	// evaluate("3 in {1,2,3,4,5}", "true", Boolean.class);
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ public class EvaluationTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 	public void testPropertiesNested02() {
 		evaluate("placeOfBirth.doubleIt(12)", "24", Integer.class);
 	}
-
+	
 	// methods
 	public void testMethods01() {
 		evaluate("echo(12)", "12", String.class);
@@ -454,4 +455,5 @@ public class EvaluationTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		evaluateAndAskForReturnType("3*4+5", "17", String.class);
 	}
 
+	
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionTestCase.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionTestCase.java
index 110826843c8..d1195301dc0 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionTestCase.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ExpressionTestCase.java
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ public abstract class ExpressionTestCase extends TestCase {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
+	
 	/**
 	 * Produce a nice string representation of the input object.
 	 *
diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SetValueTests.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SetValueTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b0962081472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SetValueTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.springframework.expression.spel;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
+import org.springframework.expression.ParseException;
+
+/**
+ * Tests set value expressions.
+ * 
+ * @author Keith Donald
+ */
+public class SetValueTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
+
+	private final static boolean DEBUG = false;
+
+	public void testSetProperty() {
+		setValue("wonNobelPrize", true);
+	}
+
+	public void testSetNestedProperty() {
+		setValue("placeOfBirth.city", "Wien");
+	}
+
+	//public void testSetPropertyTypeCoersion() {
+	//	setValue("wonNobelPrize", "true");
+	//}
+	
+	//public void testSetArrayElementValue() {
+	//	setValue("inventions[0]", "Just the telephone");
+	//}
+	
+	public void testSetArrayElementNestedValue() {
+		setValue("placesLived[0].city", "Wien");
+	}
+	
+	//public void testSetListElementValue() {
+	//	setValue("placesLivedList[0]", new PlaceOfBirth("Wien"));
+	//}
+	
+	//public void testSetGenericListElementValueTypeCoersion() {
+	//	setValue("placesLivedList[0]", "Wien");
+	//}
+
+	public void testSetListElementNestedValue() {
+		setValue("placesLived[0].city", "Wien");
+	}
+
+	protected void setValue(String expression, Object value) {
+		try {
+			Expression e = parser.parseExpression(expression);
+			if (e == null) {
+				fail("Parser returned null for expression");
+			}
+			if (DEBUG) {
+				SpelUtilities.printAbstractSyntaxTree(System.out, e);
+			}
+			assertTrue("Expression is not writeable but should be", e.isWritable(eContext));
+			e.setValue(eContext, value);
+			assertEquals("Retrieved value was not equal to set value", value, e.getValue(eContext));
+		} catch (EvaluationException ee) {
+			ee.printStackTrace();
+			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + ee.getMessage());
+		} catch (ParseException pe) {
+			pe.printStackTrace();
+			fail("Unexpected Exception: " + pe.getMessage());
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/testresources/Inventor.java b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/testresources/Inventor.java
index 28243534694..2f549e3c078 100644
--- a/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/testresources/Inventor.java
+++ b/org.springframework.expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/testresources/Inventor.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package org.springframework.expression.spel.testresources;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -14,7 +16,10 @@ public class Inventor {
 	private String[] inventions;
 	public String randomField;
 	public Map testMap;
-
+	private boolean wonNobelPrize;
+	private PlaceOfBirth[] placesLived;
+	private List<PlaceOfBirth> placesLivedList = new ArrayList<PlaceOfBirth>();
+	
 	public Inventor(String name, Date birthdate, String nationality) {
 		this.name = name;
 		this.birthdate = birthdate;
@@ -31,8 +36,14 @@ public class Inventor {
 
 	public void setPlaceOfBirth(PlaceOfBirth placeOfBirth2) {
 		placeOfBirth = placeOfBirth2;
+		this.placesLived = new PlaceOfBirth[] { placeOfBirth2 };
+		this.placesLivedList.add(placeOfBirth2);
 	}
 
+	public String[] getInventions() {
+		return inventions;
+	}
+	
 	public void setInventions(String[] inventions) {
 		this.inventions = inventions;
 	}
@@ -44,6 +55,30 @@ public class Inventor {
 	public String getName() {
 		return name;
 	}
+	
+	public boolean getWonNobelPrize() {
+		return wonNobelPrize;
+	}
+
+	public void setWonNobelPrize(boolean wonNobelPrize) {
+		this.wonNobelPrize = wonNobelPrize;
+	}
+
+	public PlaceOfBirth[] getPlacesLived() {
+		return placesLived;
+	}
+
+	public void setPlacesLived(PlaceOfBirth[] placesLived) {
+		this.placesLived = placesLived;
+	}
+
+	public List<PlaceOfBirth> getPlacesLivedList() {
+		return placesLivedList;
+	}
+
+	public void setPlacesLivedList(List<PlaceOfBirth> placesLivedList) {
+		this.placesLivedList = placesLivedList;
+	}
 
 	public String echo(Object o) {
 		return o.toString();