diff --git a/src/ValidatorChain.php b/src/ValidatorChain.php
index d6262d6b5..d6ca6cbcb 100644
--- a/src/ValidatorChain.php
+++ b/src/ValidatorChain.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public function isValid($value, $context = null)
             }
             $result         = false;
             $messages       = $validator->getMessages();
-            $this->messages = array_merge($this->messages, $messages);
+            $this->messages = array_replace_recursive($this->messages, $messages);
             if ($element['breakChainOnFailure']) {
                 break;
             }
diff --git a/src/ValidatorPluginManager.php b/src/ValidatorPluginManager.php
index b84e6c196..5d7770084 100644
--- a/src/ValidatorPluginManager.php
+++ b/src/ValidatorPluginManager.php
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@ class ValidatorPluginManager extends AbstractPluginManager
         'step'                     => 'Zend\Validator\Step',
     );
 
+    /**
+     * Whether or not to share by default; default to false
+     *
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $shareByDefault = false;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
diff --git a/test/ValidatorChainTest.php b/test/ValidatorChainTest.php
index 932bbe44e..ba1084e54 100644
--- a/test/ValidatorChainTest.php
+++ b/test/ValidatorChainTest.php
@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@ class ValidatorChainTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
     public function setUp()
     {
+        AbstractValidator::setMessageLength(-1);
         $this->validator = new ValidatorChain();
     }
 
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        AbstractValidator::setMessageLength(-1);
+    }
+
     public function populateValidatorChain()
     {
         $this->validator->addValidator(new NotEmpty());
@@ -220,4 +226,51 @@ public function getValidatorFalse()
             ->will($this->returnValue(array('error' => 'validation failed')));
         return $validator;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @group ZF-412
+     */
+    public function testCanAttachMultipleValidatorsOfTheSameTypeAsDiscreteInstances()
+    {
+        $this->validator->addByName('Callback', array(
+            'callback' => function ($value) {
+                return true;
+            },
+            'messages' => array(
+                'callbackValue' => 'This should not be seen in the messages',
+            ),
+        ));
+        $this->validator->addByName('Callback', array(
+            'callback' => function ($value) {
+                return false;
+            },
+            'messages' => array(
+                'callbackValue' => 'Second callback trapped',
+            ),
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->validator));
+        $validators = $this->validator->getValidators();
+        $compare = null;
+        foreach ($validators as $validator) {
+            $this->assertNotSame($compare, $validator);
+            $compare = $validator;
+        }
+
+        $this->assertFalse($this->validator->isValid('foo'));
+        $messages = $this->validator->getMessages();
+        $found    = false;
+        $test     = 'Second callback trapped';
+        foreach ($messages as $messageSet) {
+            if (is_string($messageSet) && $messageSet === $test) {
+                $found = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            if (is_array($messageSet) && in_array('Second callback trapped', $messageSet)) {
+                $found = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        $this->assertTrue($found);
+    }
 }