diff --git a/lib/php/test/Makefile.am b/lib/php/test/Makefile.am
index 2fd7f81..1292b81 100755
--- a/lib/php/test/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/php/test/Makefile.am
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 if HAVE_PHPUNIT
 check: stubs
 	$(PHPUNIT) --log-junit=phpunit.xml Test/Thrift/Protocol/TestTJSONProtocol.php
+	$(PHPUNIT) --log-junit=phpunit.xml Test/Thrift/Protocol/TestBinarySerializer.php
 endif
 
 clean-local:
diff --git a/lib/php/test/Test/Thrift/Protocol/TestBinarySerializer.php b/lib/php/test/Test/Thrift/Protocol/TestBinarySerializer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65feadd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/php/test/Test/Thrift/Protocol/TestBinarySerializer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * @package thrift.test
+ */
+
+namespace test\Thrift\Protocol;
+
+use Thrift\ClassLoader\ThriftClassLoader;
+use Thrift\Serializer\TBinarySerializer;
+
+require_once __DIR__.'/../../../../lib/Thrift/ClassLoader/ThriftClassLoader.php';
+
+$loader = new ThriftClassLoader();
+$loader->registerNamespace('Thrift', __DIR__ . '/../../../../lib');
+$loader->registerNamespace('Test', __DIR__ . '/../../..');
+$loader->registerDefinition('ThriftTest', __DIR__ . '/../../../packages');
+$loader->register();
+
+/***
+ * This test suite depends on running the compiler against the
+ * standard ThriftTest.thrift file:
+ *
+ * lib/php/test$ ../../../compiler/cpp/thrift --gen php -r \
+ *   --out ./packages ../../../test/ThriftTest.thrift
+ */
+
+class TestBinarySerializer extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+
+  public function setUp()
+  {
+  }
+
+  /**
+    * We try to serialize and deserialize a random object to make sure no exceptions are thrown.
+    * @see THRIFT-1579
+    */
+  public function testBinarySerializer()
+  {
+    $struct = new \ThriftTest\Xtruct(array('string_thing' => 'abc'));
+    $serialized = TBinarySerializer::serialize($struct, 'ThriftTest\\Xtruct');
+    $deserialized = TBinarySerializer::deserialize($serialized, 'ThriftTest\\Xtruct');
+    $this->assertEquals($struct, $deserialized);
+  }
+
+}
+