diff --git a/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/test/db/ProcessInstanceSuspensionTest.java b/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/test/db/ProcessInstanceSuspensionTest.java
index 8a6dc1e371c225123eabb0237386def6044de7dc..02c4e8111d9747d3e8d9edae676346e9134ee246 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/test/db/ProcessInstanceSuspensionTest.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/test/db/ProcessInstanceSuspensionTest.java
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 package org.activiti.engine.test.db;
 
+import java.util.Date;
+
 import org.activiti.engine.impl.cmd.AcquireJobsCmd;
+import org.activiti.engine.impl.interceptor.Command;
+import org.activiti.engine.impl.interceptor.CommandContext;
 import org.activiti.engine.impl.jobexecutor.AcquiredJobs;
 import org.activiti.engine.impl.test.PluggableActivitiTestCase;
+import org.activiti.engine.impl.util.ClockUtil;
 import org.activiti.engine.repository.ProcessDefinition;
+import org.activiti.engine.runtime.Job;
 import org.activiti.engine.runtime.ProcessInstance;
 import org.activiti.engine.test.Deployment;
 
@@ -20,8 +26,12 @@ public class ProcessInstanceSuspensionTest extends PluggableActivitiTestCase {
     ProcessInstance pi = runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey(pd.getKey());
     
     // now there is one job:
-    assertNotNull(managementService.createJobQuery()
-      .singleResult());
+    // now there is one job:
+    Job job = managementService.createJobQuery()
+      .singleResult();
+    assertNotNull(job);
+    
+    makeSureJobDue(job);
     
     // the acquirejobs command sees the job:
     AcquiredJobs acquiredJobs = executeAcquireJobsCommand();
@@ -32,7 +42,7 @@ public class ProcessInstanceSuspensionTest extends PluggableActivitiTestCase {
     
     // now, the acquirejobs command does not see the job:
     acquiredJobs = executeAcquireJobsCommand();
-    assertEquals(0, acquiredJobs.size());
+    assertEquals(0, acquiredJobs.size());    
   }
   
   @Deployment(resources={"org/activiti/engine/test/db/oneJobProcess.bpmn20.xml"})
@@ -41,9 +51,12 @@ public class ProcessInstanceSuspensionTest extends PluggableActivitiTestCase {
     ProcessDefinition pd = repositoryService.createProcessDefinitionQuery().singleResult();    
     runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey(pd.getKey());    
     // now there is one job:
-    assertNotNull(managementService.createJobQuery()
-      .singleResult());
+    Job job = managementService.createJobQuery()
+      .singleResult();
+    assertNotNull(job);
     
+    makeSureJobDue(job);
+        
     // the acquirejobs command sees the job:
     AcquiredJobs acquiredJobs = executeAcquireJobsCommand();
     assertEquals(1, acquiredJobs.size());
@@ -56,6 +69,20 @@ public class ProcessInstanceSuspensionTest extends PluggableActivitiTestCase {
     assertEquals(0, acquiredJobs.size());
   }
 
+  protected void makeSureJobDue(final Job job) {
+    processEngineConfiguration.getCommandExecutorTxRequired()
+      .execute(new Command<Void>() {
+        public Void execute(CommandContext commandContext) {
+          Date currentTime = ClockUtil.getCurrentTime();
+          commandContext.getJobManager()
+            .findJobById(job.getId())
+            .setDuedate(new Date(currentTime.getTime() - 10000));
+          return null;
+        }
+        
+      });
+  }
+
   private AcquiredJobs executeAcquireJobsCommand() {
     return processEngineConfiguration.getCommandExecutorTxRequired()
       .execute(new AcquireJobsCmd(processEngineConfiguration.getJobExecutor()));