diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/EditorColorsSchemeImplTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/EditorColorsSchemeImplTest.java
index 81029fb59ccb..238c931f85a5 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/EditorColorsSchemeImplTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/EditorColorsSchemeImplTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsScheme;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.FontPreferences;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey;
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.markup.EffectType;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.markup.TextAttributes;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.WriteExternalException;
@@ -290,6 +291,37 @@ public class EditorColorsSchemeImplTest extends LightPlatformCodeInsightTestCase
     }
     
   }
+  
+  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+  public void _testIdea152156() throws Exception {
+    EditorColorsScheme defaultScheme = EditorColorsManager.getInstance().getScheme(EditorColorsScheme.DEFAULT_SCHEME_NAME);
+    EditorColorsScheme parentScheme = (EditorColorsScheme)defaultScheme.clone();
+    parentScheme.setName("DefaultTest");
+    EditorColorsScheme editorColorsScheme = new EditorColorsSchemeImpl(parentScheme);
+    editorColorsScheme.setName("test");
+    TextAttributes defaultAttributes = new TextAttributes(null, null, Color.BLACK, EffectType.LINE_UNDERSCORE, Font.PLAIN);
+    TextAttributes attributes = new TextAttributes(null, null, null, EffectType.BOXED, Font.PLAIN);
+    attributes.setEnforceEmpty(false);
+    assertTrue(attributes.isFallbackEnabled());
+    TextAttributesKey testKey = TextAttributesKey.createTextAttributesKey("TEST_KEY", DefaultLanguageHighlighterColors.PARAMETER);
+    parentScheme.setAttributes(testKey, defaultAttributes);
+    editorColorsScheme.setAttributes(testKey, attributes);
+    try {
+      Element root = new Element("scheme");
+      ((AbstractColorsScheme)editorColorsScheme).writeExternal(root);
+      EditorColorsScheme targetScheme = new EditorColorsSchemeImpl(parentScheme);
+      for (final Element child : root.getChildren()) {
+        if ("attributes".equals(child.getName())) {
+          ((EditorColorsSchemeImpl)targetScheme).readAttributes(child);
+        }
+      }
+      TextAttributes targetAttributes = ((AbstractColorsScheme)targetScheme).getDirectlyDefinedAttributes(testKey);
+      assertTrue(targetAttributes != null && targetAttributes.isFallbackEnabled());
+    }
+    finally {
+      TextAttributesKey.removeTextAttributesKey(testKey.getExternalName());
+    }
+  }
 
 
   private static EditorColorsScheme loadScheme(@NotNull String docText) throws ParserConfigurationException, IOException, SAXException {