diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkMergedIntoTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/RevWalkMergedIntoTest.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014, Sven Selberg <sven.selberg@sonymobile.com>
+ * and other copyright owners as documented in the project's IP log.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available
+ * under the terms of the Eclipse Distribution License v1.0 which
+ * accompanies this distribution, is reproduced below, and is
+ * available at http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
+ *
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or
+ * without modification, are permitted provided that the following
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+ *
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+ *
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+ *   with the distribution.
+ *
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+ */
+package org.eclipse.jgit.revwalk;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class RevWalkMergedIntoTest extends RevWalkTestCase {
+
+	@Test
+	public void testOldCommitWalk() throws Exception {
+		/*
+		 * Sometimes a merge is performed on a machine with faulty time.
+		 * This makes the traversal of the graph, when trying to find out if B
+		 * is merged into T, complex since the algorithm uses the time stamps
+		 * of commits to find the best route.
+		 * When for example O(ld) has a very old time stamp compared to one of the
+		 * commits (N(ew)) on the upper route between T and F(alse base), the route
+		 * to False is deemed the better option even though the alternate route leeds
+		 * to B(ase) which was the commit we were after.
+		 *
+		 *             o---o---o---o---N
+		 *            /                 \
+		 *           /   o---o---o---O---T
+		 *          /   /
+		 *      ---F---B
+		 *
+		 * This test is asserting that isMergedInto(B, T) returns true even
+		 * under those circumstances.
+		 */
+		final int threeDaysInSecs = 3 * 24 * 60 * 60;
+		final RevCommit f = commit();
+		final RevCommit b = commit(f);
+		final RevCommit o = commit(-threeDaysInSecs, commit(commit(commit(b))));
+		final RevCommit n = commit(commit(commit(commit(commit(f)))));
+		final RevCommit t = commit(n, o);
+		assertTrue(rw.isMergedInto(b, t));
+	}
+}