diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/ModifyFeature.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/ModifyFeature.js
index 31d968cbb5..3982cb1c9b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/ModifyFeature.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/ModifyFeature.js
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ OpenLayers.Control.ModifyFeature = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Control, {
                 this.layer.drawFeature(this.feature, this.standalone ?
                                        undefined :
                                        this.selectControl.renderIntent);
+                this.modified = true;
                 this.resetVertices();
                 this.setFeatureState();
                 this.onModification(this.feature);
diff --git a/tests/Control/ModifyFeature.html b/tests/Control/ModifyFeature.html
index 940e1b7799..21682c665f 100644
--- a/tests/Control/ModifyFeature.html
+++ b/tests/Control/ModifyFeature.html
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     }
     
     function test_handleKeypress(t) {
-        t.plan(14);
+        t.plan(16);
 
         /**
          * There are two things that we want to test here
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
         // mock up vertex deletion
         control.dragControl.feature = point;
         control.feature = poly;
+        // we cannot use selectFeature since the control is not part of a map
+        control._originalGeometry = poly.geometry.clone();
         control.vertices = [point];
         point.geometry.parent = {
             removeComponent: function(geometry) {
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@
         };
         layer.events.on({
             "featuremodified": function(event) {
+                t.ok(event.feature.modified !== null, "modified property of feature should have been set");
                 t.eq(event.feature.id, poly.id, "vertex deletion: featuremodifed triggered");
             },
             "vertexremoved": function(evt) {