diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/Repositories/ContentTypeRepositoryTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/Repositories/ContentTypeRepositoryTest.cs
index e8fc94e962..93a6daecde 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/Repositories/ContentTypeRepositoryTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/Repositories/ContentTypeRepositoryTest.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers;
 using Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers.Entities;
 using Umbraco.Tests.Testing;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing;
+using Content = Umbraco.Core.Models.Content;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence.Repositories
 {
@@ -1007,6 +1008,88 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence.Repositories
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void Can_Update_Variation_Of_Element_Type_Property()
+        {
+            var provider = TestObjects.GetScopeProvider(Logger);
+            using (var scope = provider.CreateScope())
+            {
+                ContentTypeRepository repository;
+                var contentRepository = CreateRepository((IScopeAccessor) provider, out repository);
+
+                // Create elementType
+                var elementType = new ContentType(-1)
+                {
+                    Alias = "elementType",
+                    Name = "Element type",
+                    Description = "Element type to use as compositions",
+                    Icon = ".sprTreeDoc3",
+                    Thumbnail = "doc.png",
+                    SortOrder = 1,
+                    CreatorId = 0,
+                    Trashed = false,
+                    IsElement = true,
+                    Variations = ContentVariation.Nothing
+                };
+
+                var contentCollection = new PropertyTypeCollection(true);
+                contentCollection.Add(new PropertyType("test", ValueStorageType.Ntext)
+                {
+                    Alias = "title",
+                    Name = "Title",
+                    Description = "",
+                    Mandatory = false,
+                    SortOrder = 1,
+                    DataTypeId = Constants.DataTypes.Textbox,
+                    LabelOnTop = true,
+                    Variations = ContentVariation.Nothing
+                });
+                elementType.PropertyGroups.Add(new PropertyGroup(contentCollection) {Name = "Content", SortOrder = 1});
+                elementType.ResetDirtyProperties(false);
+                elementType.SetDefaultTemplate(new Template("ElementType", "elementType"));
+                repository.Save(elementType);
+
+                // Create the basic "home" doc type that uses element type as comp
+                var docType = new ContentType(-1)
+                {
+                    Alias = "home",
+                    Name = "Home",
+                    Description = "Home containing elementType",
+                    Icon = ".sprTreeDoc3",
+                    Thumbnail = "doc.png",
+                    SortOrder = 1,
+                    CreatorId = 0,
+                    Trashed = false,
+                    Variations = ContentVariation.Nothing
+                };
+                var comp = new List<IContentTypeComposition>();
+                comp.Add(elementType);
+                docType.ContentTypeComposition = comp;
+                repository.Save(docType);
+
+                // Create "home" content
+                var content = new Content("Home", -1, docType){Level = 1, SortOrder = 1, CreatorId = 0, WriterId = 0};
+                object obj = new {title = "test title"};
+                content.PropertyValues(obj);
+                content.ResetDirtyProperties(false);
+                contentRepository.Save(content);
+
+                // Update variation on element type
+                elementType.Variations = ContentVariation.Culture;
+                elementType.PropertyTypes.First().Variations = ContentVariation.Culture;
+                repository.Save(elementType);
+
+                // Update variation on doc type
+                docType.Variations = ContentVariation.Culture;
+                repository.Save(docType);
+
+                // Re fetch renewedContent and make sure that the culture has been set.
+                var renewedContent = ServiceContext.ContentService.GetById(content.Id);
+                var hasCulture = renewedContent.Properties["title"].Values.First().Culture != null;
+                Assert.That(hasCulture, Is.True);
+            }
+        }
+
         public void CreateTestData()
         {
             //Create and Save ContentType "umbTextpage" -> (NodeDto.NodeIdSeed)