diff --git a/tests/isolate/isolate.status b/tests/isolate/isolate.status
index 71e40cc007a..d7d3d064104 100644
--- a/tests/isolate/isolate.status
+++ b/tests/isolate/isolate.status
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ ConstructorTest: Fail   # Bug 5246195
 MandelIsolateTest: Fail # Bug 5246195
 SpawnTest: Fail         # Bug 5246195
 MessageTest: Fail       # Bug 5246195
+Message2Test: Fail       # Bug 5246195
 IsolateComplexMessagesTest: Fail # Bug 5246195
 CountTest: Fail         # Bug 5246195
 PromiseBasedTest: Fail  # Bug 5246195
diff --git a/tests/isolate/src/Message2Test.dart b/tests/isolate/src/Message2Test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b390ad2fe7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/isolate/src/Message2Test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2011, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Dart test program for testing serialization of messages.
+// VMOptions=--enable_type_checks --enable_asserts
+
+#library('Message2Test');
+#import("TestFramework.dart");
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Message passing test 2.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class MessageTest {
+  static void mapEqualsDeep(Map expected, Map actual) {
+    Expect.equals(true, expected is Map);
+    Expect.equals(true, actual is Map);
+    Expect.equals(expected.length, actual.length);
+    testForEachMap(key, value) {
+      if (value is List) {
+        listEqualsDeep(value, actual[key]);
+      } else {
+        Expect.equals(value, actual[key]);
+      }
+    }
+    expected.forEach(testForEachMap);
+  }
+
+  static void listEqualsDeep(List expected, List actual) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < expected.length; i++) {
+      if (expected[i] is List) {
+        listEqualsDeep(expected[i], actual[i]);
+      } else if (expected[i] is Map) {
+        mapEqualsDeep(expected[i], actual[i]);
+      } else {
+        Expect.equals(expected[i], actual[i]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class PingPongServer extends Isolate {
+  PingPongServer() : super.heavy();
+
+  void main() {
+    this.port.receive((var message, SendPort replyTo) {
+      if (message == -1) {
+        this.port.close();
+      } else {
+        // Bounce the received object back so that the sender
+        // can make sure that the object matches.
+        replyTo.send(message, null);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+void test(TestExpectation expect) {
+  expect.completes(new PingPongServer().spawn()).then((SendPort remote) {
+    Map m = new Map();
+    m[1] = "eins";
+    m[2] = "deux";
+    m[3] = "tre";
+    m[4] = "four";
+    remote.call(m).receive(expect.runs2((var received, SendPort replyTo) {
+      MessageTest.mapEqualsDeep(m, received);
+      remote.send(-1, null);
+      expect.succeeded();
+    }));
+  });
+}
+
+main() {
+  runTests([test]);
+}