Index: test/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BreakElementTestCase.java
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--- test/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BreakElementTestCase.java	(revision 0)
+++ test/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BreakElementTestCase.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.fop.layoutmgr;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.apache.fop.fo.Constants;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+public class BreakElementTestCase {
+
+    /**
+     * Tests that the constructor for the BreakElement sets the break class
+     * to EN_AUTO by default if none is specified.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testBreakClass() {
+        LayoutManager lm = mock(LayoutManager.class);
+        LayoutContext context = LayoutContext.newInstance();
+        BreakElement breakElement = new BreakElement(new Position(lm), 0, context);
+        assertEquals(breakElement.getBreakClass(), Constants.EN_AUTO);
+    }
+}
Index: src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BreakElement.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BreakElement.java	(revision 1367113)
+++ src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BreakElement.java	(working copy)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
      * @param context the layout context which contains the pending conditional elements
      */
     public BreakElement(Position position, int penaltyValue, LayoutContext context) {
-        this(position, penaltyValue, -1, context);
+        this(position, penaltyValue, Constants.EN_AUTO, context);
     }
 
     /**