diff --git a/tests/unit/navigation/index.html b/tests/unit/navigation/index.html
index feb2f278..583cf494 100644
--- a/tests/unit/navigation/index.html
+++ b/tests/unit/navigation/index.html
@@ -263,5 +263,13 @@
 		<a href="#active-state-page1" data-nstest-rel="back" data-nstest-role="button">back button</a>
 	</div>
 </div>
+
+
+
+<div id="odd-clicks-page" data-nstest-role="page">
+  <a href="#odd-clicks-page-dest" id="right-or-middle-click">foo</a>
+</div>
+
+<div id="odd-clicks-page-dest" data-nstest-role="page"></div>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tests/unit/navigation/navigation_core.js b/tests/unit/navigation/navigation_core.js
index 421816f8..9373c500 100644
--- a/tests/unit/navigation/navigation_core.js
+++ b/tests/unit/navigation/navigation_core.js
@@ -787,6 +787,38 @@
 		]);
 	});
 
+	asyncTest( "clicks with middle mouse button are ignored", function() {
+ 		$.testHelper.pageSequence([
+			function() {
+				$.testHelper.openPage( "#odd-clicks-page" );
+			},
+
+      function() {
+        $( "#right-or-middle-click" ).click();
+      },
+
+      // make sure the page is opening first without the mocked button click value
+      // only necessary to prevent issues with test specific fixtures
+      function() {
+        same($.mobile.activePage[0], $("#odd-clicks-page-dest")[0]);
+				$.testHelper.openPage( "#odd-clicks-page" );
+
+        // mock the which value to simulate a middle click
+        $.Event.prototype.which = 2;
+      },
+
+      function() {
+        $( "#right-or-middle-click" ).click();
+      },
+
+      function( timeout ) {
+				ok( timeout, "page event handler timed out due to ignored click" );
+        ok($.mobile.activePage[0] !== $("#odd-clicks-page-dest")[0], "pages are not the same");
+				start();
+      }
+		]);
+  });
+
 	asyncTest( "handling of button active state when navigating by clicking back button", 1, function(){
 		$.testHelper.pageSequence([
 			// open our test page