Index: test/java/org/apache/xmlgraphics/java2d/ps/PSGraphics2DTestCase.java
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--- test/java/org/apache/xmlgraphics/java2d/ps/PSGraphics2DTestCase.java	(revision 1533479)
+++ test/java/org/apache/xmlgraphics/java2d/ps/PSGraphics2DTestCase.java	(working copy)
@@ -20,22 +20,27 @@
 package org.apache.xmlgraphics.java2d.ps;
 
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
+import java.awt.Shape;
 import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import org.apache.xmlgraphics.java2d.GraphicContext;
+import org.apache.xmlgraphics.ps.PSGenerator;
+import org.apache.xmlgraphics.ps.PSState;
+
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
-import org.apache.xmlgraphics.java2d.GraphicContext;
-import org.apache.xmlgraphics.ps.PSGenerator;
-import org.apache.xmlgraphics.ps.PSState;
-
 public class PSGraphics2DTestCase {
 
     private PSGenerator gen;
@@ -62,4 +67,13 @@
         gfx2d.draw(new Rectangle(10, 10, 100, 100));
         verify(gen, times(1)).concatMatrix(transform);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldBeClipped() {
+        Shape line = new Line2D.Float(10, 10, 50, 50);
+        Shape clipArea = new Rectangle2D.Float(20, 20, 100, 100);
+        assertTrue(gfx2d.shouldBeClipped(clipArea, line));
+        Shape rect = new Rectangle2D.Float(30, 30, 40, 40);
+        assertFalse(gfx2d.shouldBeClipped(clipArea, rect));
+    }
 }
Index: src/java/org/apache/xmlgraphics/java2d/ps/PSGraphics2D.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/xmlgraphics/java2d/ps/PSGraphics2D.java	(revision 1533479)
+++ src/java/org/apache/xmlgraphics/java2d/ps/PSGraphics2D.java	(working copy)
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.awt.TexturePaint;
 import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
 import java.awt.geom.Area;
+import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
 import java.awt.geom.PathIterator;
 import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
@@ -490,6 +491,10 @@
         if (clip == null || s == null) {
             return false;
         }
+        if (s instanceof Line2D) {
+            //Line shapes don't work with intersections so always clip
+            return true;
+        }
         Area as = new Area(s);
         Area imclip = new Area(clip);
         imclip.intersect(as);