diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
index 5de319547..306d6a071 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Model/Datasource/DboSourceTest.php
@@ -197,6 +197,18 @@ class DboSourceTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals(' WHERE  1 = 1', $result, 'nested empty conditions failed');
 	}
 
+/**
+ * test that PostgreSQL json operators can be used.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testColumnHyphenOperator() {
+		$result = $this->testDb->conditions(array('Foo.bar->>\'fieldName\'' => 42));
+		echo "Result is: ";
+		echo $result;
+		$this->assertEquals(' WHERE `Foo`.`bar`->>\'fieldName\' = 42', $result, 'pgsql json operator failed');
+	}
+
 /**
  * test that order() will accept objects made from DboSource::expression
  *