diff --git a/ccm-core/src/test/java/org/libreccm/categorization/CategoryManagerTest.java b/ccm-core/src/test/java/org/libreccm/categorization/CategoryManagerTest.java
index c572db45b..9093cd5ed 100644
--- a/ccm-core/src/test/java/org/libreccm/categorization/CategoryManagerTest.java
+++ b/ccm-core/src/test/java/org/libreccm/categorization/CategoryManagerTest.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ import org.libreccm.security.Shiro;
 import org.libreccm.tests.categories.IntegrationTest;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
@@ -86,6 +88,9 @@ public class CategoryManagerTest {
     @Inject
     private Subject subject;
 
+    @Inject
+    private TestCategoryController controller;
+
     @PersistenceContext(name = "LibreCCM")
     private EntityManager entityManager;
 
@@ -582,7 +587,7 @@ public class CategoryManagerTest {
             categoryManager.addSubCategoryToCategory(test, categories);
         });
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     @UsingDataSet(
         "datasets/org/libreccm/categorization/CategoryManagerTest/data.yml")
@@ -590,11 +595,11 @@ public class CategoryManagerTest {
     public void hasIndexObject() {
         final Category category1 = categoryRepo.findById(-2100L);
         final Category category2 = categoryRepo.findById(-2200L);
-        
+
         assertThat(categoryManager.hasIndexObject(category1), is(false));
         assertThat(categoryManager.hasIndexObject(category2), is(true));
     }
-    
+
     @Test
     @UsingDataSet(
         "datasets/org/libreccm/categorization/CategoryManagerTest/data.yml")
@@ -602,14 +607,39 @@ public class CategoryManagerTest {
     public void getIndexObject() {
         final Category category1 = categoryRepo.findById(-2100L);
         final Category category2 = categoryRepo.findById(-2200L);
-        
-        assertThat(categoryManager.getIndexObject(category1).isPresent(), 
+
+        assertThat(categoryManager.getIndexObject(category1).isPresent(),
                    is(false));
-        
+
         final Optional<CcmObject> index2 = categoryManager.getIndexObject(
             category2);
         assertThat(index2.isPresent(), is(true));
         assertThat(index2.get().getDisplayName(), is(equalTo("object3")));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This is a test to check if accessing multiple lazy fetched collections in
+     * a single transaction (provided by
+     * {@link TestCategoryController#getData(long)}) works.
+     */
+    @Test
+    @UsingDataSet(
+        "datasets/org/libreccm/categorization/CategoryManagerTest/data.yml")
+    @InSequence(7000)
+    public void retrieveMultipleLazyCollections() {
+        assertThat(controller, is(not(nullValue())));
+
+        final Map<String, List<String>> data = controller.getData(-2100L);
+
+        final List<String> subCategories = data.get("subCategories");
+        final List<String> objects = data.get("objects");
+
+        assertThat(subCategories.size(), is(1));
+        assertThat(subCategories.get(0), is(equalTo("bar")));
+        assertThat(subCategories, hasItem("bar"));
+
+        assertThat(objects.size(), is(1));
+        assertThat(objects, hasItem("object1"));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/ccm-core/src/test/java/org/libreccm/categorization/TestCategoryController.java b/ccm-core/src/test/java/org/libreccm/categorization/TestCategoryController.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..105cc5bec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ccm-core/src/test/java/org/libreccm/categorization/TestCategoryController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 LibreCCM Foundation.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.libreccm.categorization;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import javax.enterprise.context.RequestScoped;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.transaction.Transactional;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:jens.pelzetter@googlemail.com">Jens Pelzetter</a>
+ */
+@RequestScoped
+public class TestCategoryController {
+
+    @Inject
+    private CategoryRepository categoryRepo;
+
+    @Transactional(Transactional.TxType.REQUIRED)
+    public Map<String, List<String>> getData(final long categoryId) {
+
+        final Category category = categoryRepo.findById(categoryId);
+        if (category == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(
+                "No category for id %d.", categoryId));
+        }
+
+        final Map<String, List<String>> result = new HashMap<>();
+        final List<String> subCategories = new ArrayList<>();
+        final List<String> objects = new ArrayList<>();
+        result.put("subCategories", subCategories);
+        result.put("objects", objects);
+
+        category.getSubCategories().forEach(
+            subCategory -> subCategories.add(subCategory.getDisplayName()));
+
+        category.getObjects().forEach(
+            object -> objects
+            .add(object.getCategorizedObject().getDisplayName()));
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+}