diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_delete.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_delete.test.php
index c44bad3fd..18c7e2db6 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_delete.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/model_delete.test.php
@@ -708,4 +708,32 @@ class ModelDeleteTest extends BaseModelTest {
 		// Removing Article #2 from Tag #1 is all that should have happened.
 		$this->assertEqual(count($before[0]["Tag"]), count($after[0]["Tag"]));
 	}
+
+/**
+ * test that deleting records inside the beforeDelete doesn't truncate the table.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	function testBeforeDeleteWipingTable() {
+		$this->loadFixtures('Comment');
+
+		$Comment =& new BeforeDeleteComment();
+		// Delete 3 records.
+		$Comment->delete(4);
+		$result = $Comment->find('count');
+
+		$this->assertTrue($result > 1, 'Comments are all gone.');
+		$Comment->create(array(
+			'article_id' => 1,
+			'user_id' => 2,
+			'comment' => 'new record',
+			'published' => 'Y'
+		));
+		$Comment->save();
+
+		$Comment->delete(5);
+		$result = $Comment->find('count');
+
+		$this->assertTrue($result > 1, 'Comments are all gone.');
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/models.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/models.php
index 7f1df3492..890b4f284 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/models.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/models.php
@@ -282,6 +282,24 @@ class Article extends CakeTestModel {
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Model stub for beforeDelete testing
+ *
+ * @see #250
+ * @package cake.tests
+ */
+class BeforeDeleteComment extends CakeTestModel {
+	var $name = 'BeforeDeleteComment';
+	
+	var $useTable = 'comments';
+
+	function beforeDelete($cascade = true) {
+		$db =& $this->getDataSource();
+		$db->delete($this, array($this->alias . '.' . $this->primaryKey => array(1, 3)));
+		return true;
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * NumericArticle class
  *