diff --git a/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/test/bpmn/subprocess/SubProcessTest.java b/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/test/bpmn/subprocess/SubProcessTest.java
index cf65357193273de09cbcf750dd1ca7151606cbec..c34c2cfa3e3710ee22fc035251d9dbc0cc94f687 100644
--- a/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/test/bpmn/subprocess/SubProcessTest.java
+++ b/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/java/org/activiti/engine/test/bpmn/subprocess/SubProcessTest.java
@@ -338,4 +338,13 @@ public class SubProcessTest extends PluggableActivitiTestCase {
     testNestedSimpleSubProcess();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @see http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/ACT-1072
+   */
+  @Deployment
+  public void FAILING_testSimpleSubProcessWithoutEndEvent() {
+    ProcessInstance pi = runtimeService.startProcessInstanceByKey("testSimpleSubProcessWithoutEndEvent");
+    assertProcessEnded(pi.getId());
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/resources/org/activiti/engine/test/bpmn/subprocess/SubProcessTest.testSimpleSubProcessWithoutEndEvent.bpmn20.xml b/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/resources/org/activiti/engine/test/bpmn/subprocess/SubProcessTest.testSimpleSubProcessWithoutEndEvent.bpmn20.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a4d5e9564f172ff113ee4f430185e7b13caa6e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/activiti-engine/src/test/resources/org/activiti/engine/test/bpmn/subprocess/SubProcessTest.testSimpleSubProcessWithoutEndEvent.bpmn20.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<definitions id="definitions"
+  xmlns="http://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL"
+  xmlns:activiti="http://activiti.org/bpmn" 
+  targetNamespace="Examples">
+  
+  <process id="testSimpleSubProcessWithoutEndEvent">
+
+    <startEvent id="theStart" />
+    <sequenceFlow id="flow1" sourceRef="theStart" targetRef="subprocess" />
+
+    <subProcess id="subprocess">
+      <startEvent id="subprocessStart" />
+      <sequenceFlow id="subFlow1" sourceRef="subprocessStart" targetRef="subprocessScriptTask" />
+      <scriptTask id="subprocessScriptTask" scriptFormat="groovy">
+        <script>
+          println "Hello from Script Task"
+        </script>
+      </scriptTask>
+    </subProcess>
+    
+  </process>
+
+</definitions>
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