diff --git a/chain/messagepool/messagepool_test.go b/chain/messagepool/messagepool_test.go
index e92fed7bc..2571339b9 100644
--- a/chain/messagepool/messagepool_test.go
+++ b/chain/messagepool/messagepool_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ type testMpoolAPI struct {
 	balance    map[address.Address]types.BigInt
 
 	tipsets []*types.TipSet
+
+	published int
 }
 
 func newTestMpoolAPI() *testMpoolAPI {
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ func (tma *testMpoolAPI) PutMessage(m types.ChainMsg) (cid.Cid, error) {
 }
 
 func (tma *testMpoolAPI) PubSubPublish(string, []byte) error {
+	tma.published++
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/chain/messagepool/repub_test.go b/chain/messagepool/repub_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28a69c92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chain/messagepool/repub_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package messagepool
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/messagepool/gasguess"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/wallet"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/builtin"
+	"github.com/filecoin-project/specs-actors/actors/crypto"
+	"github.com/ipfs/go-datastore"
+)
+
+func TestRepubMessages(t *testing.T) {
+	tma := newTestMpoolAPI()
+	ds := datastore.NewMapDatastore()
+
+	mp, err := New(tma, ds, "mptest")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// the actors
+	w1, err := wallet.NewWallet(wallet.NewMemKeyStore())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	a1, err := w1.GenerateKey(crypto.SigTypeSecp256k1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	w2, err := wallet.NewWallet(wallet.NewMemKeyStore())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	a2, err := w2.GenerateKey(crypto.SigTypeSecp256k1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	gasLimit := gasguess.Costs[gasguess.CostKey{Code: builtin.StorageMarketActorCodeID, M: 2}]
+
+	tma.setBalance(a1, 1) // in FIL
+
+	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+		m := makeTestMessage(w1, a1, a2, uint64(i), gasLimit, uint64(i+1))
+		_, err := mp.Push(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if tma.published != 10 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to have published 10 messages, but got %d instead", tma.published)
+	}
+
+	mp.repubTrigger <- struct{}{}
+	time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+
+	if tma.published != 20 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected to have published 20 messages, but got %d instead", tma.published)
+	}
+}