diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.py b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.py
index 5f2f2a9af6d75ee4650afccd3c317a90dc63a398..bd490c4edef899147364642190e9965c283494d9 100644
--- a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.py
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import re
 import struct
 import sys
 import unittest
+import logging
 
 from lofar.messaging.messages import *
 from lofar.messaging.messagebus import *
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ from lofar.messaging.exceptions import MessageBusError, InvalidMessage
 
 TIMEOUT = 1.0
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 
 # ========  FromBus unit tests  ======== #
 
@@ -284,8 +287,18 @@ class SendReceiveMessage(unittest.TestCase):
         content = {"request": "Do Something", "argument": "Very Often"}
         self._test_sendrecv(RequestMessage(content, reply_to=QUEUE))
 
+    def test_sendrecv_request_message_with_large_content_map(self):
+        """
+        Test send/receive of an RequestMessage, containing a dict with a large string value.
+        Qpid, cannot (de)serialize strings > 64k in a dict
+        """
+        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+            content = {"key1": "short message", "key2": "long message " + (2**17)*'a'}
+            self._test_sendrecv(RequestMessage(content, reply_to=QUEUE))
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
     QUEUE = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "testqueue"
     del sys.argv[1:]
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.run b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.run
index 28770b2f76b019ec5dec54e479c84f54e62a7300..e225bb14fa8abccee7fabc6f7d9436f3ebb9c745 100755
--- a/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.run
+++ b/LCS/Messaging/python/messaging/test/t_messagebus.run
@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
-PYTHONVERSION=$(python -V|awk '{print $1}')
-if [ $PYTHONVERSION \> "2.6.9" ] ; then
+# Cleanup on normal exit and on SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, and SIGTERM
+trap 'qpid-config del queue --force $queue' 0 1 2 3 15
 
-  # Cleanup on normal exit and on SIGHUP, SIGINT, SIGQUIT, and SIGTERM
-  trap 'qpid-config del queue --force $queue' 0 1 2 3 15
+# Generate randome queue name
+queue=$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc [:alnum:] | head -c16)
 
-  # Generate randome queue name
-  queue=$(< /dev/urandom tr -dc [:alnum:] | head -c16)
-
-  # Create the queue
-  qpid-config add queue $queue
-
-  # Run the unit test
-  source python-coverage.sh
-  python_coverage_test "Messaging/python" t_messagebus.py $queue
-else
-  echo "Python version to low fo ctests"
-fi
+# Create the queue
+qpid-config add queue $queue
 
+# Run the unit test
+source python-coverage.sh
+python_coverage_test "Messaging/python" t_messagebus.py $queue