diff --git a/tests/unit/dialog/dialog_events.js b/tests/unit/dialog/dialog_events.js
index bdde626a..623fb08c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/dialog/dialog_events.js
+++ b/tests/unit/dialog/dialog_events.js
@@ -5,13 +5,20 @@
 	module('jquery.mobile.dialog.js');
 
 	asyncTest( "dialog hash is added when the dialog is opened and removed when closed", function(){
-		expect( 2 );
+		expect( 6 );
 
 		//bring up the dialog
 		$("a[href='#foo-dialog']").click();
 
 		setTimeout(function(){
 			ok(/&ui-state=dialog/.test(location.hash), "ui-state=dialog =~ location.hash");
+			
+			// Assert dialog theme inheritance (issue 1375):
+			ok($('#foo-dialog').hasClass('ui-body-b'), 'Expected explicit theme ui-body-b');
+			ok($('#foo-dialog').find( ":jqmData(role=header)" ).hasClass('ui-bar-a'), 'Expected header to inherit from $.mobile.page.prototype.options.headerTheme');
+			ok($('#foo-dialog').find( ":jqmData(role=content)" ).hasClass('ui-body-d'), 'Expect content to inherit from $.mobile.page.prototype.options.contentTheme');
+			ok($('#foo-dialog').find( ":jqmData(role=footer)" ).hasClass('ui-bar-a'), 'Expected footer to inherit from $.mobile.page.prototype.options.footerTheme');
+			
 			// close the dialog
 			$(".ui-dialog").dialog("close");
 		}, 500);
diff --git a/tests/unit/dialog/index.html b/tests/unit/dialog/index.html
index 7e3a82f2..f250593d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/dialog/index.html
+++ b/tests/unit/dialog/index.html
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
 	<title>jQuery Mobile Dialog Test Suite</title>
 
 	<script src="../../../js/jquery.js"></script>
+	<script>
+		$(document).bind('mobileinit',function(){
+			// Expect content to inherit this theme when not explicitly set
+			$.mobile.page.prototype.options.contentTheme = "d";
+		});
+	</script>	
 	<script src="../jquery.setNameSpace.js"></script>
 	<script src="../../../js/"></script>
 	<script src="../../../tests/jquery.testHelper.js"></script>
@@ -25,15 +31,20 @@
 <ol id="qunit-tests">
 </ol>
 
-<div id="bar"  data-nstest-role="page">
+<div id="bar" data-nstest-role="page" data-nstest-theme="a">
 	<a href="#foo-dialog"  data-nstest-role="button"  data-nstest-inline="true" data-nstest-rel="dialog"></a>
 </div>
 
-<div id="foo-dialog"  data-nstest-role="dialog">
-	<div  data-nstest-role="header"  data-nstest-theme="d" data-nstest-position="inline">
+<div id="foo-dialog" data-nstest-role="dialog" data-nstest-theme="b">
+	<div  data-nstest-role="header" data-nstest-position="inline">
 		<h1>Dialog</h1>
 	</div>
-	<a href="#" id="internal-link">foo</a>
+	<div data-nstest-role="content" >
+		<a href="#" id="internal-link">foo</a>
+	</div>
+	<div data-nstest-role="footer">
+		footer
+	</div>
 </div>
 
 </body>