diff --git a/common b/common
index 959da4a43c..657b549dfb 160000
--- a/common
+++ b/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 959da4a43c2e6218eb4f43e8c7e29c1db4157db1
+Subproject commit 657b549dfb640a76f3d7ab7676e453c801a83dca
diff --git a/testsuite/test_message.py b/testsuite/test_message.py
index 88cdeb6d54..48042ee604 100644
--- a/testsuite/test_message.py
+++ b/testsuite/test_message.py
@@ -30,5 +30,21 @@ class NewTest(TestCase):
         m = gst.message_new_eos(b)
         gst.info("got message : %s" % m)
 
+    def _testApplication(self):
+        gst.info("creating new pipeline")
+        bin = gst.Pipeline()
+        bus = bin.get_bus()
+        bus.add_signal_watch()
+        got_message = False
+        def message_application_cb(bus, message):
+            got_message = True
+        bus.connect('message::application', message_application_cb)
+
+        gst.info("creating new application message from that bin")
+        msg = gst.message_new_application(bin, gst.Structure('foo'))
+        bus.post(msg)
+        self.failUnless(got_message == True)
+        self.gccollect()
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()