diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SortMergeTest.java b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SortMergeTest.java
index 49070d7..feb243e 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SortMergeTest.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-examples/hyracks-integration-tests/src/test/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/tests/integration/SortMergeTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.FileSplit;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.file.IFileSplitProvider;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.misc.PrinterOperatorDescriptor;
+import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor;
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.dataflow.std.sort.InMemorySortOperatorDescriptor;
 
 public class SortMergeTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
@@ -89,4 +90,52 @@
 
         runTest(spec);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void sortMergeTest02() throws Exception {
+        JobSpecification spec = new JobSpecification();
+
+        FileSplit[] ordersSplits = new FileSplit[] {
+                new FileSplit(NC1_ID, new File("data/tpch0.001/orders-part1.tbl")),
+                new FileSplit(NC2_ID, new File("data/tpch0.001/orders-part2.tbl")) };
+        IFileSplitProvider ordersSplitProvider = new ConstantFileSplitProvider(ordersSplits);
+        RecordDescriptor ordersDesc = new RecordDescriptor(new ISerializerDeserializer[] {
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE, UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE,
+                UTF8StringSerializerDeserializer.INSTANCE });
+
+        FileScanOperatorDescriptor ordScanner = new FileScanOperatorDescriptor(spec, ordersSplitProvider,
+                new DelimitedDataTupleParserFactory(new IValueParserFactory[] { UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE, UTF8StringParserFactory.INSTANCE }, '|'), ordersDesc);
+        PartitionConstraint ordersPartitionConstraint = new ExplicitPartitionConstraint(new LocationConstraint[] {
+                new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(NC1_ID), new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(NC2_ID) });
+        ordScanner.setPartitionConstraint(ordersPartitionConstraint);
+
+        ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor sorter = new ExternalSortOperatorDescriptor(spec, 4, new int[] { 1, 0 },
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE }, ordersDesc);
+        PartitionConstraint sortersPartitionConstraint = new ExplicitPartitionConstraint(new LocationConstraint[] {
+                new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(NC1_ID), new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(NC2_ID) });
+        sorter.setPartitionConstraint(sortersPartitionConstraint);
+
+        PrinterOperatorDescriptor printer = new PrinterOperatorDescriptor(spec);
+        PartitionConstraint printerPartitionConstraint = new ExplicitPartitionConstraint(
+                new LocationConstraint[] { new AbsoluteLocationConstraint(NC1_ID) });
+        printer.setPartitionConstraint(printerPartitionConstraint);
+
+        spec.connect(new OneToOneConnectorDescriptor(spec), ordScanner, 0, sorter, 0);
+
+        spec.connect(new MToNHashPartitioningMergingConnectorDescriptor(spec, new FieldHashPartitionComputerFactory(
+                new int[] { 1, 0 }, new IBinaryHashFunctionFactory[] { UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringBinaryHashFunctionFactory.INSTANCE }), new int[] { 1, 0 },
+                new IBinaryComparatorFactory[] { UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE,
+                        UTF8StringBinaryComparatorFactory.INSTANCE }), sorter, 0, printer, 0);
+
+        runTest(spec);
+    }
 }
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