diff --git a/spec/fixtures/module/fork_ping.js b/spec/fixtures/module/fork_ping.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e6d3f921ba25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/module/fork_ping.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+process.on('uncaughtException', function(error) {
+  process.send(error.stack);
+});
+
+var child = require('child_process').fork(__dirname + '/ping.js');
+process.on('message', function(msg) {
+  child.send(msg);
+});
+child.on('message', function (msg) {
+  process.send(msg);
+});
diff --git a/spec/node/child_process.coffee b/spec/node/child_process.coffee
index 2246391b8c59..fdffb1058abb 100644
--- a/spec/node/child_process.coffee
+++ b/spec/node/child_process.coffee
@@ -12,3 +12,10 @@ describe 'child_process', ->
         assert.equal msg, 'message'
         done()
       child.send 'message'
+
+    it 'should work in forked process', (done) ->
+      child = child_process.fork path.join(fixtures, 'module', 'fork_ping.js')
+      child.on 'message', (msg) ->
+        assert.equal msg, 'message'
+        done()
+      child.send 'message'