diff --git a/platform/framework/src/register/PartialConstructor.js b/platform/framework/src/register/PartialConstructor.js
index 91e9b39587..3ab52ac784 100644
--- a/platform/framework/src/register/PartialConstructor.js
+++ b/platform/framework/src/register/PartialConstructor.js
@@ -31,14 +31,13 @@ define(
 
                 return function () { // Bind everything else
                     var other = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments),
-                        instance = {};
+                        instance = Object.create(Constructor.prototype);
 
                     // Mimic "new" behavior with apply.
                     instance = Constructor.apply(
                         instance,
                         dependencies.concat(other)
                     ) || instance;
-                    instance.prototype = Constructor.prototype;
 
                     return instance;
                 };
diff --git a/platform/framework/test/register/PartialConstructorSpec.js b/platform/framework/test/register/PartialConstructorSpec.js
index 5506ba32fa..b54c1e395d 100644
--- a/platform/framework/test/register/PartialConstructorSpec.js
+++ b/platform/framework/test/register/PartialConstructorSpec.js
@@ -4,11 +4,63 @@
  * PartialConstructorSpec. Created by vwoeltje on 11/6/14.
  */
 define(
-    [],
-    function () {
+    ["../../src/register/PartialConstructor"],
+    function (PartialConstructor) {
         "use strict";
 
-        describe("", function () {
+        describe("A partial constructor", function () {
+            var result,
+                PartializedConstructor;
+
+            function RegularConstructor(a, b, c, d) {
+                result = {
+                    a: a,
+                    b: b,
+                    c: c,
+                    d: d
+                };
+                return result;
+            }
+
+            function ThisStyleConstructor(x, y, z) {
+                this.message = [x, y, z].join(" ");
+            }
+
+            beforeEach(function () {
+                result = undefined;
+                PartializedConstructor = new PartialConstructor(RegularConstructor);
+            });
+
+            it("splits a constructor call into two stages", function () {
+                var RemainingConstructor = new PartializedConstructor("test"),
+                    instance;
+                // first call should not have hit constructor
+                expect(result).toBeUndefined();
+
+                // Call again
+                instance = new RemainingConstructor(1, 2, 3);
+                expect(result).toEqual({
+                    a: "test",
+                    b: 1,
+                    c: 2,
+                    d: 3
+                });
+
+                // Should have returned the constructor's value
+                expect(instance).toEqual(result);
+            });
+
+            it("handles this-style constructors", function () {
+                var Partialized = new PartialConstructor(ThisStyleConstructor),
+                    Remaining = new Partialized("this"),
+                    instance = new Remaining("is", "correct");
+
+                // We should have everything we put in "this", and we
+                // should still pass an instanceof test.g
+                expect(instance.message).toEqual("this is correct");
+                expect(instance).toEqual(new ThisStyleConstructor("this", "is", "correct"));
+                expect(instance instanceof ThisStyleConstructor).toBeTruthy();
+            });
 
         });
     }