diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml b/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml
index a7a02f028..0a0679446 100644
--- a/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/bean-validation/pom.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@
             <version>1.9.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+            <version>5.1.3.Final</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/BeanValidationInterceptorTest.java b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/BeanValidationInterceptorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c40c48bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/BeanValidationInterceptorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.struts.beanvalidation;
+
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionProxy;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ValidationAware;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.XWorkTestCase;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.config.providers.XmlConfigurationProvider;
+import org.apache.struts.beanvalidation.actions.ModelDrivenAction;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class BeanValidationInterceptorTest extends XWorkTestCase {
+
+
+    public void testModelDrivenAction() throws Exception {
+        ActionProxy baseActionProxy = actionProxyFactory.createActionProxy("bean-validation", "modelDrivenAction", null, null);
+        ModelDrivenAction action = (ModelDrivenAction) baseActionProxy.getAction();
+        action.getModel().setName(null);
+        action.getModel().setEmail(null);
+        action.getModel().getAddress().setStreet(null);
+        baseActionProxy.execute();
+
+        Map<String, List<String>> fieldErrors = ((ValidationAware) baseActionProxy.getAction()).getFieldErrors();
+
+        assertNotNull(fieldErrors);
+        assertEquals(3, fieldErrors.size());
+        assertTrue(fieldErrors.get("name").size() > 0);
+        assertEquals(fieldErrors.get("name").get(0), "nameNotNull");
+        assertTrue(fieldErrors.get("email").size() > 0);
+        assertEquals(fieldErrors.get("email").get(0), "emailNotNull");
+        assertTrue(fieldErrors.get("address.street").size() > 0);
+        assertEquals(fieldErrors.get("address.street").get(0), "streetNotNull");
+    }
+
+
+    public void testModelDrivenActionEmailField() throws Exception {
+        ActionProxy baseActionProxy = actionProxyFactory.createActionProxy("bean-validation", "modelDrivenAction", null, null);
+        ModelDrivenAction action = (ModelDrivenAction) baseActionProxy.getAction();
+        action.getModel().setName("name");
+        action.getModel().setEmail("notamail");
+        action.getModel().getAddress().setStreet("street");
+        baseActionProxy.execute();
+
+        Map<String, List<String>> fieldErrors = ((ValidationAware) baseActionProxy.getAction()).getFieldErrors();
+
+        assertNotNull(fieldErrors);
+        assertEquals(1, fieldErrors.size());
+        assertTrue(fieldErrors.get("email").size() > 0);
+        assertEquals(fieldErrors.get("email").get(0), "emailNotValid");
+    }
+
+    public void testModelDrivenActionSize() throws Exception {
+        ActionProxy baseActionProxy = actionProxyFactory.createActionProxy("bean-validation", "modelDrivenAction", null, null);
+        ModelDrivenAction action = (ModelDrivenAction) baseActionProxy.getAction();
+        action.getModel().setName("j");
+        action.getModel().setEmail("jogep@apache.org");
+        action.getModel().getAddress().setStreet("st");
+        baseActionProxy.execute();
+
+        Map<String, List<String>> fieldErrors = ((ValidationAware) baseActionProxy.getAction()).getFieldErrors();
+        System.out.println(fieldErrors);
+        assertNotNull(fieldErrors);
+        assertEquals(2, fieldErrors.size());
+        assertTrue(fieldErrors.get("name").size() > 0);
+        assertEquals(fieldErrors.get("name").get(0), "nameSize");
+        assertTrue(fieldErrors.get("address.street").size() > 0);
+        assertEquals(fieldErrors.get("address.street").get(0), "streetSize");
+    }
+
+    public void testModelDrivenActionSuccess() throws Exception {
+        ActionProxy baseActionProxy = actionProxyFactory.createActionProxy("bean-validation", "modelDrivenAction", null, null);
+        ModelDrivenAction action = (ModelDrivenAction) baseActionProxy.getAction();
+        action.getModel().setName("name");
+        action.getModel().setEmail("jogep@apache.org");
+        action.getModel().getAddress().setStreet("street");
+        baseActionProxy.execute();
+
+        Map<String, List<String>> fieldErrors = ((ValidationAware) baseActionProxy.getAction()).getFieldErrors();
+        System.out.println(fieldErrors);
+        assertNotNull(fieldErrors);
+        assertEquals(0, fieldErrors.size());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+        super.setUp();
+        loadConfigurationProviders(new XmlConfigurationProvider("bean-validation-test.xml"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/VoidResult.java b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/VoidResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a5e95586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/VoidResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.struts.beanvalidation;
+
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionInvocation;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.Result;
+
+public class VoidResult implements Result {
+    public void execute(ActionInvocation invocation) throws Exception {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/actions/ModelDrivenAction.java b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/actions/ModelDrivenAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a51c6b5f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/actions/ModelDrivenAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.struts.beanvalidation.actions;
+
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionSupport;
+import com.opensymphony.xwork2.ModelDriven;
+import org.apache.struts.beanvalidation.models.Person;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+
+public class ModelDrivenAction extends ActionSupport implements ModelDriven<Person> {
+
+    @Valid
+    private Person model = new Person();
+
+    public Person getModel() {
+        return model;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/models/Address.java b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/models/Address.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a94f2e31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/models/Address.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.struts.beanvalidation.models;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+public class Address {
+
+    @NotNull(message = "streetNotNull")
+    @Size(min = 3, max = 64, message = "streetSize")
+    private String street;
+
+    public void setStreet(String street) {
+        this.street = street;
+    }
+
+    public String getStreet() {
+        return street;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/models/Person.java b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/models/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e7a88e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/java/org/apache/struts/beanvalidation/models/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package org.apache.struts.beanvalidation.models;
+
+import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Email;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Size;
+
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+
+public class Person {
+
+    @NotNull(message = "nameNotNull")
+    @Size(min = 2, max = 64, message = "nameSize")
+    private String name;
+
+    @NotNull(message = "emailNotNull")
+    @Email(message = "emailNotValid")
+    private String email;
+
+    @Valid
+    private Address address = new Address();
+
+    public void setEmail(String email) {
+        this.email = email;
+    }
+
+    public String getEmail() {
+        return email;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setAddress(Address address) {
+        this.address = address;
+    }
+
+    public Address getAddress() {
+        return address;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/resources/bean-validation-test.xml b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/resources/bean-validation-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fece87380
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/bean-validation/src/test/resources/bean-validation-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!DOCTYPE xwork PUBLIC
+        "-//Apache Struts//XWork 2.0//EN"
+        "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/xwork-2.0.dtd"
+        >
+
+<xwork>
+    <constant name="struts.beanValidation.providerClass" value="org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator"/>
+    <constant name="struts.beanValidation.ignoreXMLConfiguration" value="false"/>
+    <constant name="struts.beanValidation.convertMessageToUtf" value="false"/>
+    <constant name="struts.beanValidation.convertMessageFromEncoding" value="ISO-8859-1"/>
+
+    <bean type="org.apache.struts.beanvalidation.validation.interceptor.BeanValidationManager"
+          class="org.apache.struts.beanvalidation.validation.interceptor.DefaultBeanValidationManager"
+          scope="singleton"/>
+
+    <package namespace="bean-validation" name="bean-validation-test" extends="">
+        <result-types>
+            <result-type name="void" class="org.apache.struts.beanvalidation.VoidResult"/>
+        </result-types>
+        <interceptors>
+            <interceptor name="beanValidation"
+                         class="org.apache.struts.beanvalidation.validation.interceptor.BeanValidationInterceptor"/>
+        </interceptors>
+
+        <action name="modelDrivenAction" class="org.apache.struts.beanvalidation.actions.ModelDrivenAction">
+            <interceptor-ref name="beanValidation"/>
+            <result type="void"/>
+        </action>
+
+    </package>
+</xwork>