diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/contructor/TestProtectedConstructor.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/contructor/TestProtectedConstructor.java
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+package com.avaje.tests.contructor;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.BaseTestCase;
+import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
+import com.avaje.ebean.EbeanServer;
+import com.avaje.tests.model.basic.MProtectedConstructBean;
+
+public class TestProtectedConstructor extends BaseTestCase {
+
+  @Test
+  public void test() {
+    
+    EbeanServer server = Ebean.getServer(null);
+    
+    // check that we can construc a bean with a protected constructor
+    MProtectedConstructBean bean = server.createEntityBean(MProtectedConstructBean.class);
+    Assert.assertNotNull(bean);
+
+    // Note1 that the enhancement ClassAdapterEntity line 239 makes a default constructor publically accessible
+    // Note2 the ClassAdpater will call DefaultConstructor.add() to add a default constructor if it doesn't exist
+    
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/basic/MProtectedConstructBean.java b/src/test/java/com/avaje/tests/model/basic/MProtectedConstructBean.java
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+package com.avaje.tests.model.basic;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class MProtectedConstructBean {
+
+  @Id
+  Long id;
+  
+  String name;
+  
+//  private MProtectedConstructBean() {
+//    
+//  }
+  
+  public MProtectedConstructBean(String name){
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public Long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public void setId(Long id) {
+    this.id = id;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+  
+}