diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
index a2ea89b097ba..2a1cfccf41db 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseEloquentModelTest.php
@@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ public function testDirtyAttributes()
         $this->assertTrue($model->isDirty(['foo', 'bar']));
     }
 
+    public function testGetOriginalShouldAlwaysReturnArray()
+    {
+        $model = new EloquentModelStub;
+        $this->assertEquals([], $model->getOriginal());
+
+        $model->fill($attrs = ['foo' => '1', 'bar' => 2, 'baz' => 3]);
+        $model->syncOriginal();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($attrs, $model->getOriginal());
+    }
+
     public function testCalculatedAttributes()
     {
         $model = new EloquentModelStub;