diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/java/director_abstract_runme.java b/Examples/test-suite/java/director_abstract_runme.java
index 85332a158..f694e9740 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/java/director_abstract_runme.java
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/java/director_abstract_runme.java
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ public class director_abstract_runme {
       if (!a.pong().equals("Foo::pong();MyFoo::ping()")) {
           throw new RuntimeException ( "a.pong()" );
       }
+
+      BadFoo b = new BadFoo();
+      try {
+        b.ping();
+        System.out.println( "Test failed. An attempt to call a pure virtual method should throw an exception" );
+        System.exit(1);
+      }
+      catch (RuntimeException e) {
+      }
   }
 }
 
@@ -32,3 +41,6 @@ class MyFoo extends Foo {
     }
 }
 
+class BadFoo extends Foo {
+}
+